£6.5m invested in developing roadside service station and expanding lorry park
Petrol station and convenience store operator, Jos Richardson & Son, is developing a £3.5m service station near Malton and investing a further £3m in its existing lorry park site at Goole.
Due to open in early April, the company’s new Eden Service Station near Malton will be just off the A64 alongside the A169, next to the Eden Camp visitor attraction.
Part of the Eden Business Park site, the 1.72-acre plot had been earmarked for a service station by developers and planning permission was already in place when Jos Richardson & Son bought it last year.
The new fuel station will be BP-branded and the convenience store will be SPAR-branded.
SPAR is the wholesale brand of James Hall of Preston, which is Jos Richardson & Son’s long-term convenience store partner.
Twelve new jobs, a mix of full and part-time roles, will be created by the development of the service station, which is being constructed by Leeds-based McFadden Building & Civil Engineering Ltd.
Joseph Richardson, managing director of Jos Richardson & Sons, said: “The site is located just off off the A64, a busy commuter route that’s also popular with tourists and day-trippers visiting the coast, York and the North York Moors.
“Before we bought it, the developer had already secured planning permission for the service station and drive-through restaurants.
“On another plot on the same site, there’s a new McDonald’s being developed and there’s also planning permission for a drive-through coffee shop.
“This was very appealing to us as it will make the area an important hub for the local communities of Malton and Pickering, as well as those passing on their commute to work or enjoying holidays and day trips.”
Meanwhile, the company has expanded its Truckstop facilities at Goole by adding a further 55 overnight spaces, as well as a new shower and welfare block, as part of a project that has been match-funded by National Highways.
This expansion follows demolition of the former car showroom premises at Goole, which also created space for the new Starbucks and KFC restaurants that have recently opened there.
As part of a second phase of work planned for later in the year at both the Goole and Malton sites, new 150 kilo-watt electric vehicle charging bays will be installed.
