'Poorly designed’ Wolverhampton petrol station plans thrown out again over noise fears
Plans for a new petrol station have been rejected for a second time after it was called ‘poorly designed’ by a council.
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The move to build the petrol station, car wash and shop on the site of the old Newbridge Service Station off Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton, was rejected by Wolverhampton Council last year over fears it would be too noisy for neighbours.
The applicant Nottingham-based Bushbury Ltd then appealed to the government’s planning inspector, which has the power to overrule the council, in a bid to get the decision overturned but was rejected again.
“I find that the proposed development would have a harmful effect on the living conditions of occupiers of neighbouring properties in regard to noise,” the inspector said in a report outlining the latest refusal.
The planning inspector said that noise assessments included with the application predicted a “small increase” in noise – with Tettenhall Road being a busy route in and out of Wolverhampton – but had not measured noise levels from a nearby home. The house, which sits on the border of the proposed petrol station site, would have had to face noise from the petrol station’s jet wash, car wash, tank vents and tyre air pumps according to the inspector.
