A new petrol station proposed for land off Higher Besore Road in Gloweth, Truro has been redesigned to accommodate increased additional customer facilities and services.

The application was originally submitted by Walker Developments and approved in January 2022, but updated proposals request permission to vary a condition of the planning consent.

Developers claim the changes are the result of “design development to vastly improve the site navigation and to ensure a smoother route for customers through the site”. These include amendments to the site surface, and alterations to the building to increase customer facilities and encapsulate the approved external terrace within the building to ensure year-round use.

The new sales building has been expanded to offer more for customers, with an improved convenience store area and food and beverage concessions. A new café extension will offer internal seating for customers to wait while electric vehicles are charging, with bi-folding doors providing the opportunity to open the space up to the outside.

Jet wash facilities in the south-west corner of the site have been slightly repositioned to improve site operability, and the canopy over the fuel dispensers has been slightly reduced in size by 94 sqm for simplicity.

The new building will use materials selected and agreed in previous discussions with Cornwall Council’s planning department, namely Scandinavian Redwood NORclad timber cladding, with local natural stone (Delank Granite) cladding to break up the elevation and strengthen the building’s corners. The mono-pitched roof is to be clad in a Kingspan roof panel incorporating a solar PV panel array.

The new additions have resulted in an increase to the Gross External Area (GEA) of 112 sqm, putting the total to 900 sqm. Nature concessions include the creation of an artificial badger sett.

The amended application is supported by Truro City Council and Kenwyn Parish Council. Cornwall Council’s tree office expressed “no objections”, and a spokesperson for Highway Development Management – West had “no highways observations” but recommended the link road and service road “are consistent in design and materials with the LGV masterplan”.

Interested parties can find out more by searching for PA24/07516 on Cornwall Council’s online planning portal.