All Planning articles
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NewsMFG to replace car wash with Greggs
Top 50 Indie MFG is set to remove a rollover car wash and use the freed-up space to build an 800sq ft extension housing a Greggs.
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NewsChurch provides design inspiration for forecourt developer
The designers of a proposed new-to-sector forecourt in Anglesey have drawn on the heritage of a Baptist chapel that previously occupied the plot on which the filling station is set to sit.
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NewsWelcome Break faces High Court challenge over new motorway services
Welcome Break is facing further headaches over a new motorway service area just weeks after planning permission for the project was granted.
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NewsCertas has seven new unmanned sites in the pipeline
Fuel firm Certas Energy is restarting the rollout of its unmanned Fuel Express forecourts, with seven new sites set to open by spring 2027.
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NewsEG On The Move completes major knockdown rebuild
EG On The Move, which operates around 285 UK forecourts, has successfully completed a significant knockdown rebuild in Essex.
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NewsMFG gains planning consent for new forecourt food court
Forecourt giant MFG has been granted planning permission to add a new food court to a filling station in Lanark, Scotland.
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NewsStructural canopy concerns see MFG revise forecourt redevelopment
MFG has had to revise a series of improvements planned for a forecourt in Yorkshire after the firm’s engineers discovered it would be impossible to reduce the size of the site’s canopy without the structure becoming unstable.
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NewsRetirement-village residents protest over forecourt’s 24-hour opening proposals
Plans to introduce 24-hour opening at a Dorset forecourt are being met with resistance from residents of a nearby retirement village.
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NewsShrewsbury forecourt gets permission for jet wash and EV chargers
Ford Service Station near Shrewsbury has been granted permission to add EV chargepoints and a jet wash.
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NewsWork underway on Rontec’s new M56 site
Work is well under way on Rontec’s new roadside development at Junction 12 of the M56, next to the Rocksavage roundabout, at Weston Point Expressway near Runcorn.
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NewsMoto moves closer to building new services on M4
Moto has moved another step closer to breaking ground on new motorway services at Junction 16 on the M4.
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NewsExtra MSA Group wins three-year planning battle
Extra MSA Group has finally been given permission to build Chiltern Chalfont Services between junctions 16 and 17 of the M25.
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NewsTatton Services to set ‘new benchmark for sustainability’
Westmorland has revealed that it aims to make its Tatton Services £65 million motorway site near Manchester Airport a “new benchmark for sustainability”.
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NewsSuccess for Guy White’s Aldi partnership as four-year planning battle ends
A planning saga that has been ongoing for several years has finally come to an end, with independent forecourt operator Guy White now able to push forward with his expansion plans, and partnership with supermarket giant Aldi.
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News“Severe, unresolved deficiencies” see seaside forecourt plans quashed
A planning application for a new seaside petrol station in Norfolk has been refused for being “plagued by severe, unresolved technical deficiencies across almost every material planning consideration”, including the proposed site being “dangerously close to a high-pressure gas pipeline”.
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NewsForecourts increase in value by 69% in just five years
The price of the average forecourt transaction has risen by 69% in five years, according to commercial property firm Rapleys, which says demand for sites continues to “significantly outstrip supply”.
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NewsEG On The Move stuck in planning limbo with Suffolk knock-down rebuild
Proposals from EG On The Move to knock down a forecourt in Ipswich, Suffolk, and build a new site complete with an integrated drive-thru coffee shop are on hold after the local authority requested more information on road safety and noise impact.
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NewsEG On The Move gets planning refusal for new-to-sector site overturned on appeal
EG On The Move can now go ahead with its plans for a new-to-sector forecourt a stone’s throw from Glasgow Airport after the Scottish Government overturned a refusal notice for the project.
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NewsMFG loses bid for 24-hour site opening
MFG’s wish to keep a Somerset filling station open 24 hours a day has been quashed by the local authority, with councillors ruling that extending the site’s opening hours would lead to unacceptable disruption to the community.
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NewsEG On The Move gains planning consent for new-to-sector site
EG On The Move’s reputation for winning planning bids for new-to-sector sites was further bolstered this week, with the firm being given the go ahead to build a new petrol station plus drive-thru Starbucks on land just north of Hartlepool, in North Yorkshire.