Asda gets go-ahead for new Wolverhampton petrol station
Asda has been granted permission to build a new petrol station in Wolverhampton, after seeing its plans to bulldoze an historic pub thrown out.
The supermarket giant had initially wanted to knock down the former Goalpost pub, close to Molineux, and turn it into a petrol station, adjacent to the Asda on Molineux Way.
However, plans submitted last year to redevelop the site, now called Lounge 107, were refused by city planners.
Fresh plans were submitted last month to build the station on the site of the existing supermarket.
And now planners at Wolverhampton council have approved the scheme.
The new petrol station would consist of four pumps, providing eight filling positions, and a 'dual jet wash facility'.
When the original proposal for the pub site was rejected, a report prepared raised serious concerns about the increased traffic flow Waterloo Road, particularly at peak times and on Wolves match days.
