Petrol station extension at Morrisons Petrol Filling Station, Nantwich
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by Cheshire East Southern Planning Committee on 10 Sept 2025.
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
The proposal
The application was to demolish the existing car wash and extend the petrol station's sales building, including food-to-go counters, an EV charging zone and new plant equipment.
“25/2214/FUL - MORRISONS PETROL FILLING STATION, STATION ROAD, NANTWICH, CW5 5SB: DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CAR WASH AND PROPOSED EXTENSION PROPOSED EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING PETROL FILLING STATION’S SALES BUILDING INCLUDING TWO FOOD TO GO COUNTERS FOR MIXED USE SUI GENERIS INCLUDING HOT FOOD TAKEAWAY, CREATION OF AN EV CHARGING ZONE AND ERECTION OF SUBSTATION ENCLOSURE, LV PANEL, METER CABINET AND JET WASH BAYS, PLANT ROOM, AND ASSOCIATED WORKS”
Minutes
What was decided
The committee approved the application for the reasons in the report, subject to conditions.
“That for the reasons set out in the report, the application be APPROVED, subject to the following conditions:”
Minutes
Conditions attached
Conditions limit operating hours for the jet wash bays and food units, require a waste management plan and odour control, and require a new pedestrian link.
“Standard Time 2 Approved Plans 3 Materials as application 4 Contaminated land 1 5 Contaminated land 2 6 Contaminated land 3 7 Contaminated land 4 8 Landscaping to be submitted 9 Landscaping implementation 10 Hours of operation – jet wash bays limited to 07:00-22:00 11 Birds – timing of works 12 Extraction flue to be black in colour 13 Waste Management Plan to be submitted and implemented 14 Implementation of the scheme of odour control 15 Hours of operation: Burger King…”
“Greggs Unit – 06:00-18:00 Monday to Saturday and 07:00-16:00 on Sundays 16 Cycle parking to be submitted and approved 17 Details of a pedestrian link and dropped kerb access from existing footpath in the location of the existing car-wash…”
Minutes
Councillors at the meeting
- Joy BrathertonChairLabourFor(no vote against recorded)
- Allen GageVice-ChairConservativeFor(no vote against recorded)
- Linda BuchananLabourFor(no vote against recorded)
- Anna BurtonLab Co-opFor(no vote against recorded)
- Rod FletcherLD Non-GroupedFor(no vote against recorded)
- Andrew KolkerConservativeFor(no vote against recorded)
- Roger MorrisConservativeFor(no vote against recorded)
- Mike MuldoonConservativeFor(no vote against recorded)
- John WrayConservativeFor(no vote against recorded)
- Ben WyeLabourFor(no vote against recorded)
The minutes record this decision with no vote against, so each member present for this item is shown as voting for it.
Source: Plota analysis of the council's minutes; parties from the council's list of councillors.
Sources
- Cheshire East Southern Planning Committee minutes, 10 September 2025
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of Cheshire East's committee minutes. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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- Date
- Wednesday 10 September 2025
- Committee decided
- Approved
- Councillors
- 10Conservative 5Labour 3Lab Co-op 1LD Non-Grouped 1Show votes
- Minutes
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- Agenda and papers (council website)
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