'Very special circumstances': Truck stop owner installs HGV filling station on green belt near Wolverhampton without consent

The owner of an HGV fuelling station along a main route into Wolverhampton has extended the site without planning permission.

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The M6 Diesel filling station in Cannock Road, Shareshill, built a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) filling station to supply heavy lorries without planning consent. 

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South Staffordshire council refused planning permission for the scheme in June this year, on the basis that it would have a detrimental impact on the green belt.

But Vigo Bioenergy UK is now seeking retrospective planning permission for the development. 

The HGV gas-filling station
The HGV gas-filling station