A POPULAR service station on the M6 motorway in Cumbria has submitted three revitalised building plans to provide enhanced facilities for customers and colleagues.  

After incremental developments over the last 50 years, Tebay Services have proposed a more comprehensive redevelopment to improve customer experience.

Plans have been submitted to redevelopment both the north and southbound car parks to increase parking numbers and to provide segregated parking area.

Further plans are also in place to expand the facilities building and the provision of a drive-through at the existing petrol filling stations. Additional landscaping is also sought to soften any areas of hard standing.

Bosses say there is also ‘growing need’ for an energy proposal in order to provide additional EV charging facilities to serve both the northbound and southbound services.

The service stations, located just after J38 on the M6, are currently at maximum electrical capacity with no additional capacity currently available in the immediate term to increase energy supply.

Due to increasing demand for EV charging provision, alternative energy sources such as solar energy are also being proposed to meet the demand.

James Errington, Buildings and Design Director Westmorland Family said, “We recognise our position in the industry as leaders for change and our applications allow for significant improvements in the energy efficiency of our buildings and enhanced external areas that have been designed with climate and biodiversity at the core of our design principles.

“The proposal for onsite energy generation allows us to reduce our carbon footprint as well as reducing the carbon footprint of our customers who charge their electric vehicles using our ultra-fast chargers. We see this as a positive step towards the government’s aim of working towards net zero.

“We take a great deal of care in developing our plans for our motorway service areas, ensuring that our plans are sustainable and sympathetic to our landscapes and surroundings, using local skills and expertise as well as materials local to the area, where feasible.

“The refreshed vision for Tebay looks forward to the future while keeping the charm and ethos of the original buildings so many of our loyal customers have grown to love as much as we do.”

The Dunning family opened Tebay Services in 1972 when the M6 was built through their farm in Orton.

The new plans are said to preserve the features and ethos of the original buildings and landscapes but will provide an update with a timeless contemporary feel, using natural materials that reflect their surroundings.