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No Esso petrol station with car wash in Harlingen: EG Group pulls plug on plans

Er komt definitief geen Esso-tankstation met een wasstraat, Burger King en Starbucks aan de Almenumerweg in het Friese Harlingen.
Ondanks vergevorderde plannen, krijgt het Friese Harlingen geen Esso-tankstation en vestigingen van Burger King en Starbucks op de locatie aan de N31. Foto: EG Group, 2025

There will definitely not be an Esso petrol station with a car wash and branches of Burger King and Starbucks on Almenumerweg in the Frisian town of Harlingen. EG Group has decided to pull the plug on the plans, partly after some resistance because the proposed location is close to schools.

EG Retail, the Dutch branch of British company EG Group, had been working on the plans for a petrol station with car wash, Burger King and Starbucks on the ovatonde along the N31 since the end of 2018. Harlingen municipality agreed to the concept plans for the petrol station’s realisation in 2020 and the zoning plan was available for inspection in 2023. However, there was much opposition from GPs, physiotherapists, the GGD Fryslân and the Maritime Academy, among others, because of the location near two secondary schools. They called on the municipal council to act against the fast food chain’s arrival, up to the highest court if necessary. In addition, the procedure was slow due to complex financial and legal aspects and eventually EG Retail sent an email saying it was withdrawing the plans.

The land has since been sold to another developer and any new initiative at that location will have to be reassessed. A previous amendment authority that had allowed hospitality or a petrol station has lapsed since the introduction of the Environment Act.

Esso has a network of around 400 petrol stations in the Netherlands.

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This article was automatically translated from the Dutch language original to English (British).

Author: Paul Blonk

Source: MobilityEnergy.com

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