Roadchef accused of 'dirty tactics' in bid to build new services in Yorkshire

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One of Britain’s leading roadside service area operators has been accused of using “dirty tactics” to persuade councillors to approve a controversial proposal to build an expansive Motorway Services Area (MSA) across a wildlife haven.

Residents in the Catterick area have written letters of complaint to North Yorkshire Council after more than 80 generic letters of support for Roadchef’s £50m scheme on an 11-hectare former quarry site off junction 52 of the A1 were lodged by residents from across the UK this month.

Many Catterick Village residents say did not realise what was happening when the application was first approved and believe it was pushed through to enable the closure of a lorry park in nearby Colburn, where there were complaints of antisocial behaviour. One resident stated Roadchef’s automated response system on its website was “a clear attempt at manipulation of the outcome of this proposal”. Another letter of complaint states: “I believe this is a dirty tactic and totally unethical.

 

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