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100			_aLipfriend, D
245			_aDevelopers taking advantage of filling station decline
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490			_aProperty Forecast _v3(11) November 2000, 2-3(2)
520			_aDiscusses the decline of petrol filling stations, and their potential as prime development and investment sites. Suggests that the recent fuel blockade has heightened an existing crisis for filling stations which began in the Eighties. Competition from supermarkets and motorway services has led to the closure of filling stations in urban and rural areas; a decline from just under 25,000 in 1982 to 13,000 in 1999. Increasing closures threaten family businesses and local communities. One option for struggling filling stations is to sell up, and those occupying prime space have managed to fetch significant sums as development sites with planning permission for housing.
590			_aABS
650			_aPETROL FILLING STATIONS
650			_aFUEL CRISIS
650			_aCOMPETITION
650			_aSUPERMARKETS
650			_aMOTORWAY SERVICE AREAS
650			_aBROWNFIELD SITES
650			_aREDEVELOPMENT
650			_aPETROL RETAILING
690			_aPROPERTY-COMMERCIAL PROPERTY-RETAIL PROPERTY
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