Vale of York services

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Vale of York services
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Kirby Hill MSA area – the field beyond the motorway
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Vale of York services
Location within North Yorkshire
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County North Yorkshire
Road A1(M)
Coordinates: 54°07′01″N1°24′54″W / 54.117°N 1.415°W / 54.117; -1.415
Operator Welcome Break

The Vale of York services (also known as Kirby Hill services) is a future motorway service area (MSA) on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire, England. The MSA will be located on the western side of the motorway between Junctions 48 and 49, with access to both the northbound and southbound carriageways. The planning application has been submitted multiple times between 2001 and 2021.

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History

The services at Kirby Hill had a protracted approval process, being awarded in 2021, some 25 years after it was first proposed. The section of road between Ferrybridge and Scotch Corner/Barton interchange was upgraded to motorway status gradually between 1999 and 2018. [1] However, the service areas at Leeming Bar and at Scotch Corner were designated as Motorway Rest Areas (MRA), not having the requisite facilities needed to be Motorway Service Areas (MSAs). This meant that according to the designations, there are no MSAs between Wetherby Services and Durham Services, a distance of 60.8 miles (97.8 km). [2]

In 2013, the Department for Transport recommended that MSAs should be spaced out no more than 28 miles (45 km) between each other. [3] This has led to three MSA applications for the A1(M) in North Yorkshire: (from South to North)

The Kirby Hill site (Vale of York), was approved after a public inquiry by a UK Government inspector in April 2021. The site had been the subject of three previous inquiries about an MSA at the location in 1997, 2003 and 2010. [7] The local opposition to the MSA stated that they had been fighting for 25 years with the same arguments, and that the planning system had been changed in the intervening years; "We feel that the thing that has changed here is the planning system, not the facts. After 25 years of playing the game and having it refused, you have to ask the question; what has changed?" [8] The MSA will be located on the western side of the A1(M) as an on-line MSA, with access both northbound and southbound, between junctions 48 and 49. [9] The works for a junction on the motorway will require the A168 road to be moved eastwards from its current location. [10]

At the time of the 2021 inquiry, the MSA at Kirby Hill was costed at £40 million. [11]

Motorway Rest and Services areas between Wetherby and Durham on the A1(M) (northwards)
LocationDistance (from Wetherby MSA)NotesRef
Wetherby0Opened in 2008 [12]
Vale of York13 miles (21 km)Approved in April 2021 [8]
Ripon18 miles (29 km)Proposed by Moto to cover an area of 33 acres (13 ha) at Junction 50 on the A1(M). [8] [5]
Leeming Bar28.8 miles (46.3 km)The report by the Planning Inspectorate in 2021 stated that the services at Leeming Bar had "...limited poor quality facilities..requires substantial investment and therefore cannot be considered an MSA." [8] [2]
Coneygarth Truck Stop28.6 miles (46 km) [13] [14]
Catterick MSA37.5 miles (60.4 km)Planning permission was granted in July 2022 [13] [15]
Scotch Corner38.8 miles (62.4 km) [13]
Barton Park40 miles (64 km) [13]
Durham MSA60.8 miles (97.8 km) [2]
The MSA junction will be just after the digital road sign, and the MSA will extend to the lone tree on the horizon Kirby Hill MSA area pan.jpg
The MSA junction will be just after the digital road sign, and the MSA will extend to the lone tree on the horizon
  Indicates that the site is an MSA that is operating
  Indicates that the site has been given planning permission
  Indicates that the site is not an MSA
  Indicates that the site has been denied planning permission


Facilities

The 2017 proposal detailed a 365-space car park and 82 slots for HGVs. Besides the main building, there would be a play area and a dog exercise zone. [9] The 2018 proposal had been extended to 383 car-parking spaces. [16]

Notes

  1. ↑ Applegreen acquired a controlling stake in Welcome Break in 2018. The proposal for the MSA at Kirby Hill was put forward by Applegreen, but the MSA will be branded as Welcome Break. [4]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Rose 2021, p. 8.
  3. ↑ "The Strategic Road Network and the Delivery of Sustainable Development" (PDF). assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
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  8. 1 2 3 4 Burn, Chris (27 April 2021). "Running out of road". The Yorkshire Post. p. 13. ISSN   0963-1496.
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  10. ↑ Rose 2021, p. 5.
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  16. ↑ Kitchen, Ruby (3 January 2018). "Motorway services victory could be short-lived". The Yorkshire Post. p. 15. ISSN   0963-1496.

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