Bolton-based company earmarks Village Way on Europarc for its next UK filling station venture

                                                            

Proposed filling station will be near coffee shop and restaurant

PLANS are afoot for construction of a filling station on what is described as "shrubland"  at the Europarc Business Centre. 

The site identified for the project is 0.73 hectares to the west of Starbucks coffee shop off Village Way - not far from the Beechwood Farm restaurant and the junction with the A180 road.

The application seeks full planning consent for the erection of a single-storey fuel filling station kiosk building with two canopies.  

The kiosk building will be separated into the retail area, rest area and bathroom facilities and back of house for staff and deliveries.  

The applicants are the Bolton-based EG Group which has filling stations in at least six other countries including the USA.

They state: "The proposal is to  use high quality materials throughout the development in order to give a modern and appropriate appearance in line with the intended use as a roadside service. 

"Timber boarding is intended for to the front and sections of the side of the building. The majority of the front of the kiosk will be glazed with umbra grey." 

On the downside, 160 hawthorn trees and 23 out of 24 willows have been earmarked for removal in order to make way for the project.

There has been no breeding bird survey, but among the birds recorded by ecologist Hannah Karim when she went walkabout on December 10 were Redwing, Kestrel, Goldcrest and Snipe. 

                                           

Kestrel - one of the bird species that frequent the site