Extension to Ollerton service station in pipeline with food-on-go for drivers

The Esso station on Old Rufford Road, which is open 24 hours a day, has been a key pit-stop for motorists for many years. But the owners feel it needs modernising.

In 2023, a planning application to Newark and Sherwood District Council sought a comprehensive redevelopment of the site, which included a full demolition and rebuild of the sales building.

However, it was rejected on the grounds of highway safety, the risk of flooding and the impact on nearby trees.

Now a new proposal, which is considered “more modest in scale”, has been lodged with the council. It involves the demolition of only five square metres of the existing building to facilitate an extension.

The scheme has been submitted by Motor Fuel Group Ltd, which is the UK’s largest independent forecourt operator, controlling more than 1,200 sites across the country.

Its agent, JMS Planning and Development Ltd, of Suffolk, has outlined the details of the proposal in a letter to council officers.

The letter says: “This revised scheme for the site directly addresses the concerns raised in relation to the reasons for the previous refusal.

"The proposal would enhance the site’s offer, being complementary to the main petrol filling station and utilising existing space.

"It would provide an updated product range, including a new food-on-the-go offer to meet the expectations of the modern motorist.”

JMS also points out that stations like this provide key “community facilities and roadside services that support the safety and welfare of road users”.

It adds: “Petrol filling stations are a vital necessity and play an important role in ensuring that motorists travel safely, especially as the number of vehicles on the roads continues to increase and the number of stations decreases, thereby increasing demand on existing facilities.

"The proposal offers benefits to the area, meeting an identified need of motorists while also improving facilities for nearby residents and workers.”

The council’s planning officers are currently considering the scheme and intend to make a decision or recommendation before their deadline date of Monday, March 16.

Other planning applications received by Newark and Sherwood Council include these:

St Swithin’s Church, Potter Lane, Wellow – request for confirmation to discharge condition attached to planning permission previously granted for erection of solid stone war-memorial. The condition relates to archaeological mitigation strategy.

Land at Burgage Lane, Southwell – work to trees.

8 Manor Walk, Epperstone – installation of porch with traditional tiled roof.

43 Mansfield Road, Clipstone – prior approval for single-storey rear extension.

Land south of Dale Lane, Blidworth – application for amendment to planning permission.

Manor Barn, 1 Manor Farm Rise, Wellow – install multi-fuel burner in dining room and stove flue to side wall.

Orchard Cottage, 139 Westgate, Southwell – replacement of 12 windows.

5 The Riddings, Southwell – work to trees protected by preservation order on land between Halam Road and Vicarage Road.

Minster Veterinary Surgery, Orchard Lodge, Newark Road, Southwell – erection of two timber-clad units for storage of large animal equipment, and ancillary office/storage space.

Land west of Eakring Road, Bilsthorpe – application for permission in principle for proposed residential development of minimum of one dwelling and maximum of nine dwellings.

The Old Farm House, Main Street, Epperstone – removal of conifer tree.

The Parks, Pollards Lane, Southwell – demolition of existing dwelling and construction of two-storey detached dwelling with detached three-bay garage.

THE details of many planning applications can be found in public notices advertised by local and regional newspapers. To catch up on all the latest public notices, go to https://publicnoticeportal.uk/