A BID by demolition contractors Squibb to win back costs from a length planning battle with Thurrock Council has failed – but they have won some concessions in traffic movement to and from their base in Stanford-le-Hope.
Squibb Demolition and Thurrock Council have been involved in planning wrangles over the movement of vehicles along Wharf Road in Stanford-le-Hope and today (Friday) the Planning Inspectorate has delivered its verdict on an appeal by the company against enforcement action imposed by the Council.
The key ruling following the appeal decision are as follows:
‘No lorries to enter or leave the site outside the hours of 6am – 7pm Monday -Saturday and not at all on Sundays or Bank Holidays. A vehicle booking system shall be in operation at all times the site is operational. This system shall record details of the registration, origin, destination and operators of each vehicle entering and leaving the site and the time of such movements.
“No more than 10 HGV’s shall enter or leave the site between 6am and 7am hours and their speed shall not exceed more than 20mph along the length of Wharf Road. The speed of vehicles entering or leaving the site between these hours shall be subject to the implementation of a monitoring scheme as per the details submitted and approved.’
‘The number of Abnormal Load Vehicle (ALV) movements to and from the site shall not exceed, in total, 12 movements per calendar year.
“ An ALV is defined for these purposes as a vehicle which satisfies at least one of the following criteria:
i. Gross weight of vehicle carrying the load exceeding C&U limits up to 80,000 kg (78.74 tonnes)
ii. Width exceeding 3 metres (9′ 10″)
iii. Length exceeding 18.75 metres (61′ 6″)
c. The definition of an ALV movement is a single movement from the development site to the strategic highway network or vice versa.
d. The ALV movements shall not take place except between the hours of 9:30am and 2:30pm Monday — Friday (9:30am and 4pm Monday – Friday during local school holidays) and none whatsoever at weekends or bank holidays.
e. The site operators shall put procedures in place to ensure that every ALV movement shall be routed as follows: A13 Stanford Interchange, Wharf Road, Corringham Road and the A1014 – The Manorway and vice versa.”
The inspector has also ruled that Thurrock Council do not have to meet Squibb’s legal costs in mounting the appeal.
