A REDUNDANT petrol station Bishop's Waltham can be converted into a had car wash, planners have decided. Mr F Sinani wanted retrospective approval for the change at the former Esso station on Winchester Road, which closed in around 2015. There were 29 objections and one, John Williams spoke at the city council planning committee last Tuesday. He said it would have a negative impact on the character and appearance of the area. Josie Wood, of Bishop's Waltham Parish Council said there had been a petrol station on the site since at least the 1960s but its appearance has deteriorated. "This site is an industrial eyesore within in the conservation area. I ask that conditions are attached that the site is improved," suggesting planting and improved fencing.