A Prevalence of B to A Switches
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APPLICATIONS to switch vehicles from B to A licences have recently become more prevalent. Several publications this week contain such requests. Presumably the reason for this change in vehicle status is to enable return loads to be carried.
This week's Western "As and Ds" contain three interesting applications. Associated Deliveries Ltd., of Reading, Berks, seek three new A licences for 11 vehicles to be operated from Bristol, nine from Exeter and eight from Plymouth.
The users in every case are "groceries, chocolate and confectionery uplifted from any depot of the licensees and empty containers within 50 miles radius.'' The applications are annotated to the effect that if granted the vehicles will be taken off B licences with identical conditions to the users sought.
They contain, however, an unusual admission which reads as follows:
"Applicants state that they have HO
intention of altering the character of their business in any way and that the sole reason for seeking A licences to, replace existing B licences is in order to avoid the necessity for renewing their B licences at two-yearly intervals."
-Whilst sympathizing with the applicants over the business of licence
renewals, one wonders what would happen if every operator, wishing to save himself the trouble of applying every two years, applied for A licences in the same manner. The case, if it comes to public inquiry, will make interesting hearing.
From the same area comes another substantial application-this time for a new B licence-from English China Clays Ltd., of St. Austell, Cornwall. They ask for, permission to operate 14 tippers from Burlescombe, upon the carriage of goods for Ready Mixed Concrete (South West) Ltd., within 25 miles of base.
In South Wales, R. Wynn and Sons Ltd., of Newport, have applied for an extra two heavy tractors to be authorized under a new B licence to carry "all goods, Great Britain."
Another B to A licence " switch" is to be found in the East Midlands, where Harrisons Transport, of Woodville, near Burton-on-Trent, ask to add three vehicles on a wide user. If granted, they say, they will surrender a B licence, and two vehicles will be deleted from a West Midland Area A licence. Finally, in the North West, W. E. Hall and Sons Ltd., Salford, 'seek to replace three fiat vehicles with artics, and declare that they will delete a vehicle from a B licence if the application is successful.
Contract and C licence transfer requests are as follows:
Contract A to A lic.: West Midland: J. E. Edwards (Transport) Ltd., Broseley.
Contract A to B tic.: North Western: A. Gough and Son (Haulage) Ltd., Liverpool. East Midland: R. Harding, Leicester; R. Hodgson, Leicester; W. E. Roper, Ripley. West Midland: J. and E. Warr (Transport) Ltd., Dudley.
C tic. to B lic.: Northern: Road Materials (Middlesbrough) Ltd., Middlesbrough; K. W. Devereux,Stoekton. North Western: G. L. Rowlands, Anglesey; D. Allison, Blackpool. East Midland: K. J. Smith, Wigston Magna. Western: J. R. Male, Chard; Dudfield and Son, Tirley.