Guide to Planning Authorities

Below is a list of local authorities responsible for authorising planning applications relevant to each service area. These can be used as a way to researching the history or new plans at a service area.

As councils move their websites around, links may occasionally break and need to be changed.

Motorway Services

The first table shows motorway service areas and signposted motorway truckstops in the UK. Further tables are included below.

Services Authority Postcode
Abington South Lanarkshire ML12 6RG
Annandale Water Dumfries & Galloway DG11 1HD
Ashford International Truckstop Ashford TN24 0GB
Baldock North Hertfordshire SG7 5TR
Barton Park Richmondshire DL10 6NA
Beaconsfield South Bucks HP9 2SE
Birch Rochdale OL10 2RB
Birchanger Green Uttlesford
(formerly East Herts)
CM23 5QZ
Blackburn with Darwen Blackburn BB3 0DB
Blyth Bassetlaw S81 8HG
Bothwell South Lanarkshire G71 8BG
Bridgwater Sedgemoor TA6 6TS
Burton-in-Kendal South Lakeland LA6 1JF
Burtonwood Warrington WA5 3AX
Cairn Lodge (Happendon) South Lanarkshire ML11 0RJ
Cardiff Gate Cardiff CF23 8RA
Cardiff West Cardiff
(formerly Rhondda Cyon Taf)
CF72 8SA
Carnforth Lancaster LA5 9RQ
Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LR
Catterick Richmondshire
Cherwell Valley Cherwell OX27 7RD
Chester Cheshire West and Chester CH2 4QZ
Chieveley West Berkshire RG18 9XX
Clacket Lane Tandridge
(formerly Sevenoaks)
TN16 2ER
Cobham Elmbridge KT11 3DB
Cohannon Mid-Ulster BT71 6HJ
Colne Valley South Bucks District Council
Corley North Warwickshire
(formerly Nuneaton and Bedworth)
CV7 8NR
Cullompton Mid Devon EX15 1PA
Doncaster (North) Doncaster DN8 5GS
Donington North West Leicestershire DE74 2TN
Durham Durham County DH6 5NP
Exeter Exeter EX2 7HF
(formerly EX2 4AR)
Ferrybridge City of Wakefield WF11 0AF
Fleet Hart GU51 1AA
(formerly RG27 8BA)
Folkestone Folkestone & Hythe CT21 4BL
Frankley Bromsgrove B32 4AR
Gloucester Stroud GL4 0DN
Gordano North Somerset BS20 7XG
Gretna Dumfries & Galloway DG16 5HQ
(formerly CA6 5HQ)
Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 6JW
Hartshead Moor Calderdale HD6 4JX
Heart of Scotland (Harthill) North Lanarkshire ML7 5TT
Heston Hounslow TW5 9NB
(formerly UB7 8EA)
Hilton Park South Staffordshire WV11 2AT
Hopwood Park Bromsgrove B48 7AU
J29 Truckstop North East Derbyshire S42 5SA
J38 Truckstop Eden CA10 3SB
Keele Newcastle-under-Lyme ST5 5HG
Killington Lake South Lakeland LA8 0NW
Kinross Perth & Kinross KY13 0NQ
Knutsford Cheshire East WA16 0TL
Lancaster Wyre LA2 9DU
Leeds Skelton Lake Leeds LS9 0AS
Leeming Bar Hambleton DL8 1DT
Leicester Forest East Blaby LE3 3GB
Leigh Delamere North Wiltshire SN14 6LB
Lisburn Lisburn & Castlereagh BT27 5SG
London Gateway Barnet NW7 3HU
Lymm Lymm WA13 0SP
Magor Monmouthshire NP26 3YL
Maidstone Maidstone ME17 1SS
Medway Medway ME8 8PQ
Membury West Berkshire RG17 7TZ
Michaelwood Stroud GL11 6DD
Newport Pagnell Milton Keynes MK16 8DS
Northampton Northampton Borough
West Northamptonshire
NN4 9QS
Norton Canes Cannock Chase WS11 9UX
Old Inns North Lanarkshire G68 0BJ
Oxford South Oxfordshire OX33 1LJ
Pease Pottage Mid Sussex RH11 9YA
Peterborough Huntingdonshire PE7 3UQ
Pont Abraham Carmarthenshire SA4 0FU
Reading West Berkshire RG30 3UQ
Rivington Chorley BL6 5UZ
Rotherham Rotherham
Rownhams Test Valley SO16 8AP
Rugby Rugby CV23 0EZ
Sandbach Cheshire East CW11 2FZ
Sarn Park Bridgend CF32 9SY
(formerly CF32 9RW)
Sawtry Huntingdonshire PE28 5XW
Scotch Corner Richmondshire DL10 6PQ
Sedgemoor Sedgemoor BS24 0JL / BS26 2UF
Severn View South Gloucestershire BS35 4BH
Solihull (Catherine-de-Barnes) Solihull
South Mimms Hertsmere EN6 3QQ
Southwaite Eden CA4 0NT
Stafford Stafford ST15 0EU / ST15 0XE
Stirling Stirling FK7 8EU
Strensham Malvern Hills
Wychavon
WR8 0BZ
Swansea West Swansea SA4 9GT
Tamworth Tamworth
(formerly North Warwickshire)
B77 5PS
Taunton Deane Somerset TA3 7PF
Tebay Eden CA10 3SB
Telford Shropshire TF11 8TG
Templepatrick Antrim and Newtownabbey BT36 4RN
Thurrock Thurrock RM16 3BG
Tibshelf Bolsover DE55 5TZ
Toddington Central Bedfordshire LU5 6HR
Todhills Carlisle CA6 4HA
Trowell Broxtowe NG9 3PL
Vale of York North Yorkshire Council
Warrington Warrington
Warwick Stratford-on-Avon CV35 0AA
Washington Gateshead DH3 2SJ
Watford Gap Daventry NN6 7UZ
Wetherby North Yorkshire Council LS22 5GT
Winchester Winchester SO21 1PP
Woodall Rotherham S26 7XR
Woolley Edge City of Wakefield WF4 4LQ

Ireland

These service areas are in Ireland (Republic Of.).

Services Authority Eircode
Athlone Westmeath N37 N2T0
Barack Obama Plaza (Moneygall) Tipperary E53 F342
Birdhill Tipperary V94 720P
Carlow Carlow R93 N2X8
Cashel Tipperary E25 RC42
Castlebellingham Louth A91 A2WY / A91 A3PH
Dublin Road (Louth side) Louth A91 A368
Dunshaughlin Meath
Enfield Kildare A83 NR71 / A83 T279
Ennis Plaza Clare
Fermoy Cork P61 RY63
Galway Plaza Galway H65 EK28
Gorey Wexford Y25 V8F8
Kilcullen Kildare R56 T251
Kill Kildare W91 VNN3
Lusk Fingal K45 KD89 / K45 P951
Manor Stone Laois R32 X8H7
J14 Mayfield Kildare W34 E789
Paulstown Kilkenny R95 R2X6
Rathcoole South Dublin D24 DH00
Wicklow Wicklow A67 WR12

A-road Services

This table lists every signposted non-motorway service station that we list on this website; we believe that we list every fully signposted service station.

Services Authority Postcode
Abercynon Rhondda Cynon Taf CF45 4YX
Adderstone Northumberland NE70 7JU
Acle Broadland NR13 3BE
Alfreton Amber Valley DE55 1HJ
Appleby Magna North West Leicestershire DE12 7AP
Ashby de la Zouch North West Leicestershire LE65 1JP
Ashgrove Aberdeenshire AB54 4TL
Ashington Horsham RH20 3AT
Astwick Central Bedfordshire
North Hertfordshire
SG5 4BL
Attleborough Breckland NR17 2PU
Balhaldie Stirling FK15 0NB
Ballinluig Perth & Kinross PH9 0LG
Bankhead Fife KY7 6GH
Bangor Gwynedd LL57 4BG
Barbican Banbridge BT32 4ET
Barnetby North Lincs DN20 0PA
Barnsdale Bar Selby
Wakefield
WF8 3JF
Barton Mills South West Suffolk IP28 6AE
Barton Stacey Test Valley SO21 3NF
Battlefield Shropshire SY4 3EQ
Beacon East Riding HU15 1SA
Beacon Hill Babergh Mid Suffolk IP6 8LP
Beccles South Norfolk NR34 0HF
Beckington Mendip BA11 6SF
Bedford Bedford MK42 9BF
Beechings Way Medway ME8 6AD
Bell Bromsgrove DY9 9XU
Bellshill North Lanarkshire ML4 3PD
Berkshire Downs Vale of White Horse OX11 0RW
Bicester Cherwell OX26 1BT
Bickenhill Solihull B92 0EH
Bicker Bar Boston PE20 3AN
Bilbrough Selby LS24 8EQ
Bilbrough Top Selby YO23 3PP
Binley Rugby CV3 2ZZ
Blendon London Borough of Bexley DA15 9NT
Bloody Oaks Rutland PE9 4AD
Blue Bell Hill Tonbridge & Malling ME20 7EZ
Bobbing Corner Mid Kent ME9 8RZ
Bodmin Moor Cornwall PL15 7RR
Boongate Peterborough PE1 5YA
Boship Wealden BN27 4DP
Bourne End Dacorum HP1 2SB
Brackley West Northamptonshire NN13 5SZ
Bradbury Durham TS21 2ES
Braintree (Notley Cross) Braintree CM77 7AB
Brampton Hut Huntingdonshire PE28 4NQ
Breakspear Way Dacorum HP2 4TZ
Brentwood Brentwood CM15 8SD
Browns Blue Hinckley & Bosworth LE67 9PU
Broxden Perth & Kinross PH2 0PX
The Buck Test Valley SP11 6NJ
Buckbarn Horsham RH13 8LW
Buckland Vale of White Horse SN7 8PY
Buckingham Aylesbuy Vale MK18 1SH / MK18 1RY
Budbrooke Warwick CV35 8RH
Caenby Corner West Lindsey LN8 2AS
Calcutt Wiltshire SN6 6JR
Caldo Windle St Helens WA10 6QY
Cambridge Greater Cambridge CB23 4WU
Canley Ford Coventry CV4 7BB
Capelgate Babergh Mid Suffolk IP9 2JJ
Carcroft Doncaster DN6 8LR
Carland Cross Cornwall TR8 5AY‎
Cartgate Garage South Somerset TA14 6RA
Cawledge Northumberland NE66 2BF
Centurion Cotswold GL7 7JR
Chelmsford Chelmsford CM2 5PY
Chimes Bromley BR6 7SE
Chippenham Wiltshire SN14 6UY
Chippenham Pit Stop Wiltshire SN15 5LH
Chiverton Cross Cornwall TR4 8HS
Cirencester Cotswold GL7 5DS
Cobham Gravesham DA12 3BH
Colchester Colchester CO4 5YX
Collin Dumfries and Galloway DG1 3SE
Collingtree Northampton Borough NN4 0JN
Colsterworth South Kesteven NG33 5JR
Commerce Park Mendip BA11 2RY
Copdock Mill Babergh Mid Suffolk IP8 3TT
Cornwall Cornwall PL26 8LH
Countess Wiltshire SP4 7AS
Country (Warmington) North Northamptonshire PE8 6TZ
Cromwell Newark and Sherwood NG23 6JG
Cross Hands Carmarthenshire SA14 6RD
Crossbush Arun BN17 7QQ
Crossgates Powys LD1 6RE
Daff-Y-Nant Herefordshire HR9 6DW
Darrington Wakefield WF8 3HU
Darsham East Suffolk IP17 3PW
Deanshanger West Northamptonshire MK19 6JU
Derby South Derbyshire DE72 2WA
Derby & Burton South Derbyshire DE65 6DX
Detling Hill Mid Kent ME14 3HT
Doddington Lincoln LN6 3SE
Dodwells Hinckley & Bosworth LE10 3ED
Dreghorn City of Edinburgh EH13 9QR
Dublin Road (Down side) Newry, Mourne and Down BT35 8RL
Ducklington West Oxfordshire OX28 4TT
Dumbarton Gateway West Dunbarton G82 2TZ
Eashing Guildford GU7 2QG
Easington Durham SR7 8SS
Elwick Hartlepool TS27 3HH
Ely East Cambridgeshire CB6 3NN
Emsworth Havant PO10 7RB
Eye Peterborough PE1 4BF
Eye Green Peterborough PE6 7TN
Evesham Wychavon WR11 4TP
Eynsham West Oxfordshire OX29 4EN
Eynsham (Acre Hill) West Oxfordshire OX29 4EN
Fairfield East Lindsey LN11 0WA
Family Farm Cherwell OX25 3QQ
Farlington Portsmouth PO6 1UN / PO6 1UW
Farnham Waverley GU9 8SS
Feering Braintree CO5 9EL
Fenstanton Huntingdonshire CB23 4LU
Ferrymuir City of Edinburgh EH30 9QZ
Finavon Angus DD8 3QD
Fiveways Garage West Suffolk IP28 6AE
Folly Tower Torfaen NP4 0XB
Fontwell Arun BN18 0SB
Forthview City of Edinburgh EH30 9YJ
Foston South Kesteven NG32 2JS
Four Pools Wychavon WR11 7QP
Fourwentways Greater Cambridge Shared CB21 6AP
Fradley Lichfield WS13 8RD
Galley's Corner Braintree CM77 8GG
Gate Swale ME13 9LN
Gateway Flintshire CH7 6HB
Gledrid Shropshire SY11 3EP
Glenshane Mid-Ulster BT46 5JZ
Glews East Riding of Yorkshire DN14 8JS
Golden Fleece Carlisle CA4 0AN
Gowy Cheshire West and Chester CH3 7HN
Grange Farm Northampton Borough NN4 0LY
Grantham North South Kesteven NG32 2AB
Great Ponton South Kesteven NG33 5DW
Greystones Lake District National Park LA11 6RJ
Gristhwaite (Thirsk) Hambleton YO7 3HN / YO7 3HW
Halfway House Shropshire SY5 9DU
Halt Powys LD1 6NN
Handcross Mid Sussex RH17 6BL
Harbledown City of Canterbury CT2 9AZ
Hardwicke Stroud GL2 2RQ
Hartlebury Wychavon DY11 7XP
Haydock Island St Helens WA12 0HL
Hayle Cornwall TR27 5PN
Hazelgrove South Somerset BA22 7JE
Heath North East Derbyshire S44 5SF
Hickstead Mid Sussex RH17 5NZ
Hinckley Hinckley & Bosworth LE10 3ED
Honiton East Devon EX14 1BQ
Hop Oast Horsham RH13 0AR
Hogs Back Guildford GU10 1EU
Horsham Horsham RH12 3NS
Hovefield Basildon SS12 9HZ
Hull West East Riding HU14 3LN
Ingleby Arncliffe Hambleton DL6 3JT / DL6 3LG
Ings Lake District National Park LA8 9PY
Interchange Newark and Sherwood NG24 2DF
Ilminster South Somerset TA19 9PT
Jeremy's Corner Mid Sussex RH17 5QD
Jubilee Dover CT15 5FD
Kate's Cabin Huntingdonshire PE7 3UJ
Kennford Teignbridge EX6 7UD
Kettering Kettering NN14 1RW
Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LQ
Kilmington Cross East Devon EX13 7RB
King's Lynn (Freebridge) West Norfolk PE34 3LW
Kingsclere Basingstoke and Deane RG20 4TA
Kingsham Chichester PO19 8FH
Kinmel Park Denbighshire LL18 5XW / LL18 5XE
Leicester Markfield Hinckley & Bosworth LE67 9PP
Leicester North Charnwood LE4 3BT
Lindisfarne Northumberland TD15 2PD
Liphook East Hampshire GU30 7TT
Littleport East Cambridgeshire CB6 1JJ
Llanddulas Conwy LL22 8HH
Llanrhystud Ceredigion SY23 5BT
Lock's Garage Herefordshire HR2 9AS
Long Sutton South Holland PE12 9AG
Luxmore North East Lincolnshire DN40 3BH
Lychgate Swale ME13 9EL
Maidenhead South Bucks SL6 0AR
Mangrove Rugby CV23 9LG
Manor Way Dudley B62 8RJ
Maresfield Wealden TN22 5EP
Market Harborough Market Harborough LE16 7TH
Markham Moor Bassetlaw DN22 0QU
Marston Moretaine Central Bedfordshire MK43 0QP
Martlesham Heath East Suffolk IP5 3RA
Micheldever Basingstoke and Deane SO21 3BE
Middlewich Cheshire East CW10 0JB
Milford West Suffolk IP28 6AS
Milton Heights Vale of White Horse OX14 4TX
Milton Keynes Milton Keynes MK17 9DN / MK17 9NE
Minster Thanet CT12 4AY
Monkton South Ayrshire KA9 2RJ
Monktonhall East Lothian EH21 8RE
Monmouth Monmouthshire NP25 4BG
Moor Farm Northumberland NE23 7QA
Morcott Rutland LE15 9DL
Moulton Daventry NN3 7TP
Nene Valley Wellingborough NN3 5LU
Nesscliffe Shropshire SY4 1BZ
Newark Newark and Sherwood NG24 3UG
Newby Bridge Lake District National Park LA12 8ND
Newmarket West Suffolk CB8 0XG
Newtown Cross Herefordshire HR8 2TZ
North Muskham Newark and Sherwood NG23 6HT
Northop Hall Flintshire CH7 6HF
Northside Herefordshire HR6 0PJ
Nuneaton Nuneaton & Bedworth CV10 7DA
Nunney Catch Mendip BA11 4NX
Oak Coventry CV5 9AN / CV5 9GY
Oldbury Stroud GL10 3SJ
Ollerton Newark and Sherwood NG22 9DT
Orme View Conwy LL34 6UN
Orsett Thurrock RM16 3AY
Orwell Ipswich IP10 0JN
Oswestry (Mile End) Shropshire SY11 4JA
Oswestry (Moreton Bridge) Shropshire SY11 3EN
Oversley Mill Stratford B49 6PQ
Parkway (Sheffield) Sheffield S2 1FF
Partney East Lindsey PE23 4PF
Peartree Oxford
(formerly Cherwell)
OX2 8JZ / OX2 8JD
Peartree Cross Dartmoor National Park TQ13 7RB
Penhale Cornwall TR9 6NA
Penlan Cornwall PL30 4HH
Petersfield East Hampshire GU32 3BS
Pevensey Wealden BN24 5JW
Picket Post New Forest National Park BH24 3HN
Podimore South Somerset BA22 8JG
Polegate Wealden BN26 6QL
Popham Basingstoke and Deane SO21 3SP
Poppleton York YO26 6QD
Prizet South Lakeland LA8 8AA
Pyecombe Mid Sussex BN45 7ED / BN45 7FJ
Queenborough Mid Kent ME12 3EW
Ram Jam Rutland LE15 7QX
Raunds North Northamptonshire NN9 6EQ
Redwings Huntingdonshire PE28 5XP
Rheged Eden CA11 0DQ
Rhostyllen Wrexham LL14 4EJ
Richborough Dover CT13 9NL
Ringwood New Forest BH24 2AA
Rising Bridge Rossendale BB5 2SB
Ross Spur Herefordshire HR9 7QJ
Rothwell Kettering NN14 1SS
Rothwell Truckstop Kettering NN14 6AA
Roundswell North Devon EX31 3RZ
Rowborough Stratford-on-Avon GL56 9RE
Ruabon Wrexham LL14 6YY
Rufus Stone New Forest National Park SO43 7GN
Rugby Truckstop Rugby CV23 0AE
Rushden North Northamptonshire NN10 6AP
Rustington Arun BN17 6LE
Saltash Cornwall PL12 6LF
Saughall Cheshire West and Chester CH1 6JS
Seaton Burn Northumberland NE13 6EP
Sedgefield Durham TS21 2JX
Seven Bridges Wiltshire SN6 6JR
Shefford Central Bedfordshire SG17 5LH
Shooters Hill Royal Borough of Greenwich SE3 8UQ
Shrewsbury Shropshire SY3 0DA
Sixfields Northampton Borough NN5 4EG
Skewen Neath Port Talbot SA10 7DR
Skiach Highland IV16 9XJ
Skipbridge North Yorkshire Council YO26 8EQ
Sleaford North Kesteven NG34 8NP
Smithaleigh South Hams PL7 5AX
Solstice Wiltshire SP4 7SQ
Sourton Cross West Devon EX20 4LY
South Cave East Riding HU15 2DA
South Weald Brentwood CM14 5NA
Spaceways York YO26 6RB
Spalding South Holland PE12 6FY
Spaldwick Huntingdonshire PE28 0TD
Springfields South Holland PE12 6JP
Spur End Bournemouth BH7 7DP
St Clears Carmarthenshire SA33 4JW
St Kew Cornwall PL30 3ED
Stannington Northumberland NE61 6DR
Stansted Uttlesford CM24 1PY
Stirchley Telford & Wrekin TF3 1QU
Stockbridge Chichester PO19 8TH
Stonecross West Norfolk PE38 0AD
Stonebridge Coventry CV3 6RQ
Stracathro Angus DD9 7PX
Strathbogie Aberdeenshire AB54 6JD
Stibbington Huntingdonshire PE8 6LR
Sutterton Boston PE20 2LG
Sutton Scotney Winchester SO21 3JY
Swaffham Breckland PE37 7TZ
Swallowfield Wokingham RG7 1LZ
Swanley Bromley DA14 5JA
Symonds Yat Herefordshire HR9 6DP
Talke Pits Newcastle-under-Lyme ST7 1UP
Telegraph Hill Teignbridge EX6 7XX
Thame Thame OX9 3SB
Thanet Way Swale ME13 9EL
Thetford Breckland IP24 1QN
Thickthorn South Norfolk NR9 3AU
Thirsk Hambleton YO7 3AA
Thorpe on the Hill North Kesteven LN6 9AJ
Thrapston North Northamptonshire NN14 4UR
Thrussington Charnwood LE7 4TF
Tickled Trout South Ribble PR5 0UJ
Tiverton Mid Devon EX16 7HD
Tollgate Gravesham DA11 7NP
Tot Hill Babergh Mid Suffolk IP14 3QQ
Tot Hill Basingstoke and Deane RG20 9BX
Towcester West Northamptonshire NN12 6TQ
Townsend South Somerset BA22 8PF
Trewint Cornwall PL15 7TF
Tunbridge Wells Tunbridge Wells Borough TN12 7HE
Uttoxeter East Staffordshire Borough ST14 5AA
Vale Wychavon WR11 7QP
Warminster Wiltshire BA12 7RU
Wellingborough Wellingborough NN8 2DU
West Cave East Riding HU15 1RZ
West Wellow New Forest SO51 6GF
Weston-on-the-Green Cherwell OX25 3QQ
Weyhill Test Valley SP11 0PN
Whiddon Down West Devon EX20 2QT
Winthorpe Newark and Sherwood NG24 2NY
Wisley Guildford GU23 6PT
Whitchurch Shropshire SY13 1JZ
Whitehouse Dartmoor National Park EX20 1QJ
Whitemare Pool South Tyneside NE10 8YB
Whitley Cheshire West and Chester WA4 4EZ
Whittlesford Greater Cambridge CB22 3HD
Willington South Derbyshire DE65 6GY
Willoughby Hedge Wiltshire BA12 6AQ
Willowtree Northumberland NE66 2HA
Winning Post Teignbridge EX6 7XS
Witney West Oxfordshire OX28 4EJ
Wittering Peterborough PE8 6HA
Woodhouse Redcar & Cleveland TS14 6QU
Woodside North Devon EX36 3QP
Woolmer East Hampshire GU35 9QF
Worksop Bassetlaw S80 3QD
Wyboston Bedford MK44 3AA
Wynyard Park Stockton-on-Tees TS22 5PZ
Yarnton Cherwell OX5 1PT

Closed Services

This list can be used to find out what is happening to a former service area, or to try to find old plans. Postcodes should be used with caution as addresses will have changed over time.

Services Authority Postcode
Abbots Huntingdonshire PE28 9HQ
Aberford City of Leeds LS25 3AU
Briton Ferry Neath Port Talbot
Godmanchester Huntingdonshire PE29 2XH
Guildford Guildford GU2 7RZ
Kentford West Suffolk CB8 7PZ
Kings Worthy Winchester SO21 1DP
Lolworth Greater Cambridge CB23 8DR
(formerly CB3 8DR)
Newby Craven LA2 8HS
Oaktree Hambleton DL8 2JQ
Popham Basingstoke and Deane SO21 3BQ
Rainton North Yorkshire Council YO7 3QA
Stoke Rochford South Kesteven NG33 5EW
Swavesey Greater Cambridge CB24 4RE
Tayside Dundee DD2 4UT