Weight limit on licence • A string of restrictive conditions,
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including one on vehicle weight, have been imposed on an 0-licence after residents complained.
David Inglis, who trades near Heathrow Airport as Five Star Transport Services, wanted a licence for three vehicles based at Felstead Farm, Long Lane, Stanwell. But residents objected on noise grounds and two councils, Surrey County and Spelthorne Borough, had misgivings about access to the site.
Residents said the site was already noisy and feared that three more vehicles would increase noise and fume pollution.
Inglis' father John, also his transport manager, said the company dealt with packages that had been Customs-cleared from Heathrow. They had been running the business for some time from Felstead Farm using vehicles below the 0-licence limit The additional vehicles would be maintained at the operating centre of Inglis senior's licence, at Warlingham, some distance away.
Pointing out that the site had a planning Certificate of Lawful Use, South Eastern and Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner Brigadier Michael Turner said he had some sympathy for the residents. should be granted, but with conditions that minimised the environmental impact The licence conditions include: none of the vehicles may exceed 75 tonnes; limited hours of movement—and not more than two movements for each vehicle a day; the vehicles may not reverse in or out; no maintenance may be carried out on the site; and parking must be in a specified area.