Moto has submitted its official plans for the major proposals on land at Priors Golf Course and Hill Farm off the M25 just outside Brentwood, between junctions 27 and 28 on the motorway.
The plans include two separate service stations, one on each side of the motorway.
In total, the proposals include up to 850 car and motorcycle parking spaces, up to 450 heavy goods vehicle parking spaces, coach and caravan parking, two fuel stations, two drive-through food and drink establishments and new access slip roads from the M25.
The Hill Farm site consists of three fields that have been used for farming, a maize maze, and a pumpkin patch.
The Priors Golf Course site forms part of a former golf course that has been out of use for around five years.
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The Hill Farm site is set to serve traffic travelling eastbound and clockwise on the M25.
The proposals for this site include parking for around 405 cars, 200 heavy goods vehicles, 20 coaches, 10 caravans, 10 motorbikes, 13 heavy goods vehicles rapid charge and a single abnormal load heavy goods vehicle.
A drive-through restaurant or coffee shop, a fuel filling station, a dog-walking area, a children’s play area, and a seating area are also planned.
It would also have a drive-through restaurant and or coffee shop, a fuel station, a dog walking area, a children’s play area and seating area.
According to the plans, the construction phase will see an increase of between 983 and 1,228 construction jobs, an increase of 1.8-2.3 per cent in jobs in this sector across Essex.
The new service stations are expected to create a total of around 400 new jobs and contribute around £10.24 million to the economy.
Simon Crump, a spokesperson for No to Moto, said in January that local people opposed both developments.
“These are massive developments, they’re absolutely huge,” he said.
“That green belt land will be lost forever, and we won’t get it back.
“If that happens, it’s going to be a swathe of concrete that joins London to the outside of Brentwood. The green belt as we know it will have gone.”
Supporting documents for the Moto plans say they will “deliver essential transport infrastructure to support the safe and effective operation of the strategic road network, support the road freight industry, and support the transition to electric vehicles in accordance with the government’s aspirations”. s
They add: “Further significant benefits would also be realised through the capital and operational investment, economic contribution and local employment opportunities created.
“Our proposal has sought to present a modern, efficient and exemplary motorway service area which is highly respectful of its settings, seeking to minimise the impact of the development on the local landscape both spatially and visually while maintaining a design quality benefitting both its use and context.
“There is an identified and pressing need for a facility on this section of the M25 to provide a servicing place for all manner of road users, including drivers and passengers of private cars, vans, heavy goods vehicles, coaches, caravans and motorbikes.”
