McDonald's, Marks & Spencer and Costa Coffee get permission to build off A19
The proposed site of the roadside services at Thirsk A CONTROVERSIAL roadside services area has been approved at a greenfield site despite uncertainty over its benefits. Hambleton District Council’s planning committee voted to allow BP, McDonald’s, Marks & Spencer and Costa Coffee build outlets and a 22-space lorry park on farm fields off the A19 at the York Road junction. The meeting heard the scheme would have a significant environmental impact and that the authority had previously ruled out developing the site, but leading councillors’ views had changed after being told 106 ful...