Protesters lose lorry fight (From Daily Echo)
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Protesters lose lorry fight
5:25pm Friday 12th October 2012 in News
Protesters lose lorry fight
CAMPAIGNERS have lost their battle to prevent lorries being allowed to deliver goods to a Hampshire supermarket as early as 6am.
Council chiefs have approved a proposal to relax the rules regarding deliveries to the Waitrose store in Stanford Road, Lymington, where vehicles currently start arriving at 7am.
People living near the supermarket had objected to the application, saying the noise they currently endured would start an hour earlier.
Waitrose said earlier deliveries would enable them to stock the shelves before the first customers arrived.
Mark Shearman, representing Waitrose, said the company wanted to be good neighbours and was planning to spend £45,000 on acoustic cladding to minimise noise.
Waitrose will be allowed to receive deliveries from 6am on weekdays and 8am on Sundays – but only for a one-year trial.
Comments(8)
Huffter
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8:47pm Fri 12 Oct 12
G0Rf
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10:01pm Fri 12 Oct 12
Turn down your hearing aid.
Oh...why not get the deliveries the night before, so they are there ready for the next morning?
Ginger_cyclist
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1:39am Sat 13 Oct 12
BenjiWinsor
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9:09am Sat 13 Oct 12
Turtlebay
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12:04pm Sat 13 Oct 12
BenjiWinsor wrote:Report them to the Police, the use of an audible warning device be it a horn or reversing warning sound, is illegal between 11pm at night until 7.30am in the morning.
I live next to the dustcart depot and the high pitched beeping of reversing dustcarts is a constant noise from around 4am. I'd rather have the delivery lorries ...
ALL lorries (including mine) have a switch to turn it off at night to comply with the law.
IronLady2010
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2:15pm Sat 13 Oct 12
Turtlebay wrote:If they are reversing in their depot on private land, can the Police do anything? I thought they could only enforce it on a public road. I most likely am wrong as usual ;-)
BenjiWinsor wrote:Report them to the Police, the use of an audible warning device be it a horn or reversing warning sound, is illegal between 11pm at night until 7.30am in the morning.
I live next to the dustcart depot and the high pitched beeping of reversing dustcarts is a constant noise from around 4am. I'd rather have the delivery lorries ...
ALL lorries (including mine) have a switch to turn it off at night to comply with the law.
Ginger_cyclist
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7:44pm Sat 13 Oct 12
IronLady2010 wrote:I think it would also depend on if it's in a residential area though I may also be wrong.
Turtlebay wrote:If they are reversing in their depot on private land, can the Police do anything? I thought they could only enforce it on a public road. I most likely am wrong as usual ;-)
BenjiWinsor wrote:Report them to the Police, the use of an audible warning device be it a horn or reversing warning sound, is illegal between 11pm at night until 7.30am in the morning.
I live next to the dustcart depot and the high pitched beeping of reversing dustcarts is a constant noise from around 4am. I'd rather have the delivery lorries ...
ALL lorries (including mine) have a switch to turn it off at night to comply with the law.
bazzeroz says...
8:21pm Fri 12 Oct 12