Luxury service station off A1 gets green light

A LUXURIOUS service station featuring a farm shop and 20 holiday cabins will be built next to the A1 in Northumberland. Councillors have approved plans for a major roadside development close to the A1 in Stannington, south of Morpeth.

- DANIEL HOLLAND Local Democracy Reporter

The project features a cafe and farm shop selling some of the county's famed local produce, a children's playground, electric vehicle charging points and the collection of wooden holiday lodges.

Members of Northumberland County Council's planning committee unanimously granted permission for the scheme at a meeting on Tuesday.

At the meeting, the project was likened to the popular Gloucester service station which is the sister business to the Tebay farm shop on the M6 in Cumbria.

Striking designs showcase a large, curving main building proposed for the Green Belt land, northwest of the existing petrol filling station on Station Road.