A KEBAB van owner has won permission to trade from a pub car park next to residents’ homes despite objections from dozens of neighbours.

South Gloucestershire councillors granted Ismail Buyukpolat a street trading licence for a hot food trailer called Downend Kebabs from 4pm to 11pm daily at the Trident pub in Badminton Road.

A total of 27 residents and the parish council objected with concerns including cooking smells, noise, increased litter and parking and antisocial behaviour.

One neighbour told a licensing sub-committee hearing on Wednesday, March 27: “The main objection is the proximity of the trailer to the surrounding properties which will inevitably be subjected to smells produced by the cooking process.

“The position is very close to neighbours’ properties."

He said there were already enough takeaways in the area.

He said the pub car park was often full in the evening, so customers would park on surrounding roads, including Black Horse Lane, a busy car and bus route.

Approving the licence for six months, sub-committee chairman Cllr Keith Cranney (Conservative, Stoke Gifford) said no objections had been received from the authorities and that the van would be subject to separate controls from the council’s environmental health team.