Alternative site licensed • A local authority objection and environmental
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representations led to conditions being imposed when Wellington-based Serchem was granted late renewal of its licence at a Birmingham public inquiry.
The company had applied for a licence for two vehicles, with alternative operating centres at Heathersett, Arleston, Wellington and at the premises of HW Pryce & Sons, Springhill, Wellington. The use of Heathersett attracted an objection from Wrekin District Council and representations from three neighbouring residents.
For the council, it was said that the access from the Dawley to Wellington Road was unsuitable because of the restricted visibility. There had been occasions when vehicles had reversed down the access road to the main trunk road.
Director Charles Arnold said that without the licence the business could not exist.
West Midland Traffic Commissioner John Mervyn Pugh pointed out that the previous licence had only authorised one vehicle at Heathersett and one at Pryce's, but Arnold said the company wanted to base two 7.5-tonne vehicles at Heathersett for security reasons.
Granting the licence, Mervyn Pugh said it was often better to have a site licensed than not, as then there could be some control.
But he imposed conditions that no more than one vehicle could be at Heathersett at any one time, and he prohibited vehicle movement before 08:00hrs and after 18:00hrs, except on journeys exceeding 150Iun (90 miles).