Controversial plans to create a car wash business on the site of a former petrol station have been withdrawn.
Shines applied to change the use of the Kings Arms Service Station site, located off Alderley Road, where the building has been demolished leaving the site clear and vacant.
In addition to creating a hand car wash and valeting service, they were proposing to build a manager's office, staff room, customer waiting room and storage room on the site. Additionally, they intended to add a new drainage channel to prevent the water from the spraying of cars from passing onto the public footpath.
Wilmslow Town Council's Planning Committee recommend refusal on the grounds of the likely impact on the highway caused by vehicles queueing to access the facility thereby causing a hazard to other traffic. The Planning Committee also raised concerns over the adequacy of the drains and treatment of waste water from the car wash.
Nearly 70 local residents also objected to the application on the grounds that it was out of keeping with the locality and should be located on an industrial estate, not in the middle of such a residential area.
Other concerns raising include increasing congestion on Alderley Road, causing safety issues at the adjacent bus stop and junction where many school children cross to access Wilmslow High School, noise pollution from the high pressure machinery and potential flooding.
The planning application can be viewed on the Cheshire East Council website by searching for planning reference 16/3309M.
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