Complaints lead to Crooke restrictions
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• RS Crooke, a 3radford-based paper merchant, has had a string of environmental conditions imposed on its seven-vehicle licence.
However, North Eastern Deputy Licensing Authority Anthony Richardson stressed that he was powerless to do anything that would seriously hamper the company's business.
Crooke had originally sought renewal of an eight-vehicle licence at a Leeds public inquiry, but eventually reduced it to seven.
Four residents made environmental representations, complaining about noise early in the morning, saying that their children were having problems concentrating on their exams because they were being woken up by the noise.
For the company, Stephen Kirkbright said that it had been at its Idle Road site since 1960 and had to leave the depot at 05:00hrs to get to destinations by 10:00hrs. Richardson said that if it had not been an existing operating centre, he would have refused authority for its use on environmental grounds.
However, he ruled that: vehicles at the site must be limited to 17 tonnes; no truck must leave before 05:00tirs and only three vehicles must depart before 06:00hrs; no truck should return after 17:00hrs except in emergencies: and no maintenance should be carried out on Saturdays except for three hours in the morning.