A Cleckheaton firm has altered its plans for a new factory to appease residents worried about traffic congestion and noise.

Cash Register Rolls is proposing to build a 5,800sq ft manufacturing unit, costing £180,000, on derelict land next to its existing premises in Farfield Street. It will create ten new jobs to add to the existing workforce of 15.

Last year, Kirklees Council refused planning approval after residents complained about the nuisance from articulated lorries already using their narrow cul-de-sac, and the sound of noisy machinery from the factory at unsociable hours.

And the families said they were afraid to let their children play out because of fears they would be knocked down by the wagons.

At the time the firm's managing director, Clyde Deluca, threatened to relocate the company - which has been there for 20 years - to Leeds if planning consent was refused.

But the firm, which makes till rolls, held a meeting with the residents after submitting a fresh application, with amendments, in January.

There have been no objections to this application and today's planning heavy woollen area sub committee was being asked to give planning consent.

The firm has agreed to produce a specialist noise report, only work between 7am and 6.30pm Monday to Friday, not work weekends, and provide a new, bigger turning circle.

The company also says deliveries by large vehicles will only take place between 9.30am and 2pm.

All deliveries and collections will be within the factory site and the collections will be between 4.30pm and 5.30pm only.

In a letter to the Council, Mr Deluca says: "I am sure these amendments will resolve the residents' previous objections and as a result the re-application should not be refused.

"It is in the Council's interest to improve conditions for these residents and also better working conditions for our employees as well as the enhancement of Farfield Street.''

A report to the committee by planning officer Edward Wills says the planned turning area will benefit the residents and the firm as it will mean safer manoeuvring.

He adds: "The increased floor space will enable the applicant to store more raw material, instead of two to three deliveries each week by small vehicles.

"A large articulated vehicle need only visit the site once or twice a month.

"The noise which emanates from the industrial process will reduce because larger fans will be used for paper extraction which are much quieter.''

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