Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Plans for huge service station on the M62 - including a 100-bed hotel - have been refused.
The plans for the £75m site were put before a development management committee in Warrington on Wednesday (June 9) by Extra Motorway Services.
The development, which would sit on land to the north of junction 11 of Birchwood, would have included an amenity building up to 4,500 square metres.
This would have housed food and drink outlets, retail units, communal seating, toilets and showers. The development would have also included a hotel with 80 to 100 beds, a service yard, fuel filling station, electric charging station and parking facilities.
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