There’s to be no round-the-clock opening at Ruddington Service Station after the application was turned down by Rushcliffe planners.
This upheld a condition imposed on the facility back in 1993 that “The petrol filling station shall only be open for business between the hours of 06.30 and 22.30 Monday to Friday, 07.00 and 22.30 hours Saturday and 08.00 until 22.00 hours Sunday.” It was a restriction added out of consideration for residents in the vicinity of 130-132 Loughborough Road.
Permission was again refused on the grounds that allowing opening beyond the current hours “…is considered likely to generate increased activity, noise, and disturbance which, due to the proximity of neighbouring residential properties, would be harmful to the living conditions of occupiers…” (see map below).
Ruddington Parish Council did not object to the extended opening hours but several local residents did. It also led one neighbour to comment that the ATM only has (retrospective) planning permission (15/0040/FUL granted in April 2015) to be used ONLY during opening hours – a condition which they say is being ignored. There was also a complaint that a faulty entrance door to the car wash means that it frequently remains open during operation – leading to extreme noise for properties close by.
Thanks again to Craig Baum for keeping his eye on Ruddington planning issues for us.
