Proposal to replace New Waltham fuel station with Asda convenience store runs out of road

                                  

Convenience store plan for fuel station has been withdrawn

A PROPOSAL for a Cleethorpes-area fuel station to be converted to an Asda-owned convenience store now looks unlikely to proceed.

Lacklustre trading at the Esso-selling garage at Waltham Toll Bar prompted its owners, EG Group, to submit an  application for change of use.

But it emerged this week that the planning application  had been withdrawn.

The premises currently has a modest grocery range under the Spar umbrella, but this would have been substantially extended  if conversion had gone ahead 

According to a report by agents Montagu Evans, the EG Group had been prepared  to spend "in excess of £2.5-million in order to decommission the existing store in order to deliver an aesthetically pleasing replacement which would enhance the street scene in a prominent location". 

Although petrol and diesel sales would have ceased, there would have been three EV charging points.

Currently the store has a workforce of 12, but this would have increased to about 20.

It is not known if the existing fuel station will continue to trade as at present or if another option might beckon.

No reason has been given for the change of mind.