WeBuyAnyCar pod plan for Darlington supermarket car park

The pod will be placed at Morrisons, 97 North Road, Darlington.

According to a planning statement, the choice of location for the WeBuyAnyCar.com pod is not only complimentary to the existing use of the site but also purposefully promotes economic activity within a retail location.

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Access to the pod would be via the existing Morrisons car park entry and through the car park.

Careful consideration has been placed in the positioning of the pod to ensure that there is no disruption to vehicular and pedestrian circulation and that site will continue to operate as existing.

The pod is positioned on existing parking bays which will reduce the total parking numbers by two standard car parking bays.

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Existing white lines will be burnt off and the new area will be de-marked to provide safe access into the new pod.

A planning statement reads: "WeBuyAnyCar.com purchases vehicles from the general public, as a quick easy sale, offering customers an alternative to private sales.

"The nature of the business operating from the site is such that customers are offered an online quotation for the sale of their vehicle which, if accepted, can be taken at one of 140 local purchasing points across the UK.

"By locating the service conveniently within the car park of the existing Morrisons store, and providing quotes prior to customer coming to the pod, WeBuyAnyCar.com aims to provide a sustainable service coinciding with existing local travel and parking patterns. No cars are sold from these sites."

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The prefabricated modular single storey pod is constructed using high quality, environmentally efficient, factory-controlled construction techniques.

The pod will be sited to the rear of the existing parking bays to allow space to the front for customers and staff to exit the pod without entering directly into oncoming traffic.

The pod proposed is the ‘off grid’ model, which generates electricity from PV solar located on the roof, with heating generated by combustion of HVO fuel.