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The site would include 10 petrol pumps and 2 rapid electric vehicle charging points plus an HGV refuelling pump. In addition there would be an M&S Simply Food store (190m2, carrying approximately 1000 product lines) and a Wild Bean Café (60m2) which would have limited seating. Outside there would be 37 car parking spaces but no lorry parking.
BP would like to operate 24/7 but as it is near to residential properties this may have to be reduced to 6am - 10pm. The access into the site would be from A177/Station Road but there would be no right turn into it, so anyone driving to the site from Station Road or Racecourse Road would have to go round the roundabout and back onto Station Road. The exit is straight onto the A689 near to the roundabout. A footpath would need to be created so that people could walk to the shop from Station Road.
BP and M&S have developed over 280 of this type of site across the UK and have a business model to select sites based on traffic levels and population. However it is not clear whether this takes into account the number of petrol stations in the vicinity, of which there are 4. The site will provide 19 direct jobs, plus 55 temporary jobs during the construction phase.
Attendees at the consultation event raised concerns about noise levels, light pollution, increased traffic and congestion especially at peak times, road safety issues and the impact on what is currently a green and pleasant entrance to the village. There was also disappointment for some that it wasn’t an M&S Food Hall, just a small M&S retail outlet for ‘top up’ shopping.
A planning application will be submitted in the summer when local people will be able to make their comments for and against the proposals. SD
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