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17
Oct
Plans for WeBuyAnyCar service at Ripon supermarket
Plans to offer a WeBuyAnyCar service at a Ripon supermarket have been submitted.
The application, lodged by Morrisons, seeks approval to erect a WeBuyAnyCar pod and to display branded signage in the supermarket car park on Harrogate Road in Ripon.
WeBuyAnyCar customers are offered an online quote to sell their car through the company and, if accepted, can take their cars to one of 140 purchasing points across the UK.
Should the plans be approved, two parking spaces at the Ripon site would be removed to accommodate the pod, which would act as a drop-off point for people who sell their cars through WeBuyAnyCar.
Vehicles would also be inspected and valued at the site.
Morrisons supermarket, Ripon
The company would also require 10 undesignated parking spaces at the Ripon site, which plans say would be used to store purchased vehicles for up to 72 hours before they are individually collected and driven to an auction house “within the locality”.
The 10 spaces would be "located outside the usual customer parking area".
No more than 10 cars would be parked at the site at one time, the proposal says, and the service would have “very little impact” on the existing operation and car park at the Ripon supermarket.
Planning documents add:
The loss of parking spaces for use by Morrisons customers will be minimal and will not be significantly below the maximum parking standards.
The proposal will provide an additional service offering within the existing car park of the supermarket and result in two new full-time equivalent jobs, this will support the continued operation of the supermarket and provide new employment in an existing employment area.
The proposed pod structure would be 2.8 metres in height and would generate electricity through solar panels installed on its roof.
North Yorkshire Council will issue a verdict on the plans, which were uploaded on to its website this week, at a later date.
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