In 2006 the local community and Wirral Borough Council took N&P Windows, Wallasey to court. WBC and the residents believed that the premises now occupied by N&P Windows, Wallasey had undergone a change of use when N&P Windows converted the shop into a factory.
To defend the case N&P Windows needed to prove that there had been 10 years of continuous manufacturing in the shop.
The property had previously been occupied by a relative of N&P Windows, he stated he had been manufacturing there.
To prove 10 years of continuous manufacturing N&P produced less than 20 invoices. These included trade between family members companies. They did not produce a single years evidence of continuous deliveries of raw materials. I however provided evidence from their suppliers that they only delivered completed frames.
Bar one ALL the residents stated that they had never seen any deliveries of raw materials but they had seen deliveries of completed frames. They had not heard the sound of manufacturing or seen waste materials being stored or removed.
Presided over by a Mr Thew he decided that despite a paucity of documentation and witnesses stating the exact opposite that a factory had magically operated continuously for ten years without anyone seeing or hearing it. Raw materials were invisibly delivered and stored, waste was never produced. A miracle.
There really is very little that I can add to this. Mr Thew created and imagined his own evidence and ruled on that.
I have presented this material to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
The purpose of this website is to give information supporting a petition to Wirral Borough Council, its intention is to return Rugby Road to an entirely residential area. Not a residential area with an added rubbish tip/factory that threatens our health, pollutes the land, obstructs the road and pavements, threatened pensioners, operates noisily from 06.00hrs, has machinery that is so loud that the operators need ear defenders but N&P leave the doors and windows open so we can all suffer.
January 2016
The Health and Safety Executive have “informed N & P Windows that if HSE receive any further concerns about their premises and unsafe loading then a Prosecution Notice will be served”
N&P Windows Ltd. must not use the public highway or pavements as a loading bay. They must always use a banksman when manoeuvring vehicles about their premises; the banksman must always wear appropriate HiVis clothing.
If you ever (between now and the end of time) witness a breach of these or other H&SE requirements please contact:
concerns.extrainfo@hse.gsi.gov.uk
case reference 4404592,
0151 951Â 4537Â Bradley Wigglesworth has been involved in this case.
Don’t put yourself in danger but a photograph or short video could clarify any offence. Naturally the unsafe loading requirement and all other H&SE regulations apply wherever this company or its employees are operating.
Alternatively if you find the path, roadway or your driveway obstructed by any of their vehicles please LOG IT at
https://www.merseyside.police.uk/contact-us/report-crime-online/report-a-crime-form/
This is the only way that any problems will be recorded.