A local councillor is opposing plans to build a bio-fuel filling station for lorries in Wiltshire, raising concerns over traffic, flooding, and the potential environmental impact.
Swindon Borough Council's planning officers have recommended the approval of a bio-compressed natural gas refuelling station for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) on Purley Road, near Wanborough.
The proposal has faced resistance from Wanborough and Liddington parish councils, several residents and ward councillor Gary Sumner.
"We have a duty to conserve and protect the area of outstanding natural beauty on the national landscape and this is riding roughshod over that," said Mr Sumner.
CNG Fuels wants to build a refuelling station that would operate around the clock, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.
The station would have 12 bays for HGVs, fuel dispenser islands, a plant compound, two electric vehicle parking spaces and newly-surfaced roads.
The proposed site lies within the North Wessex Downs National Landscape and has previously been used for a temporary compound, but Mr Sumner said this does not justify it becoming a permanent site.
"The principle of turning what is in reality greenfield land, which had a temporary use as a compound, into an industrial axle fuelling station within a national landscape is still wrong," he said.
