A motorway lorry park which is at “critical levels” of capacity is set to double in size. The Roadchef services, along the M20 near Maidstone and Hollingbourne, currently have a site which holds 55 lorries. If plans submitted to the local authority are approved, this will increase to 106 and a small extension to the existing facilities to allow for an improved shower will be added. The services also have a McDonald’s drive-thru, which opened in February 2023, and a Costa drive-thru, as well as an Esso petrol station and WH Smith. A planning statement for the application revealed HGVs at the Ma…
