A PUB landlord has accused council chiefs of "double standards" – after this election polling station portacabin was dumped on his car park at school rush hour.

Two weeks ago we revealed how a bid by the Co-Op to get delivery restrictions relaxed on its forthcoming £1 million store at the Goodrest Tavern's car park was blocked.

Worcester City Council's planning committee said the restrictions, which bar deliveries during school drop-off and collection times, could save a child's life.

But the boozer is also used as a makeshift polling booth for elections, with this portacabin being transported onto the site yesterday.

It was delivered at bang on 3.30pm – bemusing the pub landlord who says it makes a mockery of the council's safety mantra over the supermarket.

Landlord Bill Salmon wants the supermarket to be successful to help his business, and was left dismayed by the council's refusal to relax the ruling.

He said: "I've no problem with the council's polling station being here, but I find it ironic they put all these restrictions on the Co-Op delivery times and then this lorry turns up at 3.30pm.

"Is this a case of 'do as I say and not as I do'? Are heavy goods vehicles ordered by the city council somehow safer than others?

"I also have my own deliveries to the pub and they have no restrictions, they turn up at any time they want and it's often at quarter-to-nine in the morning or at school collection times.

"It's clearly a farce."

Mr Salmon gets a rental fee from the city council for giving up part of the pub's car park at election time.

Under the rules for the Co-Op, which is due to be constructed within weeks, delivery lorries cannot access the site between 8.30am-9.15am and 3-4pm.

The city council says the planning committee decision had to be taken in isolation, regardless of the pub's own delivery schedule.

Bosses at the authority also say the portacabin was delivered by a third party contractor, which had just two days to get polling stations in place across Worcester.

A spokesman for the council said: "The planning conditions exclusively relate to the operation of the convenience store at the site, not any other activity."

The pub is off Barker Street in Rainbow Hill, with new supermarket due to create 20 new jobs.

It got the go-ahead despite more than 430 people signing a petition against it after the owner of the nearby Sunsoa Convenience Store, Varinder Sunsoa, said it would damage her livelihood.