A COUNTY Durham service station is due to extend after councillors gave it the go- ahead.

Owners of the OK Service Station, on the A167 at Chilton, near Ferryhill, applied to Sedgefield Borough Council for permission to add a workshop and MOT testing bay on the side of the existing building.

The shop and office are to be refurbished and a separate car wash and MOT building will be demolished.

Councillors approved the application at a recent development control committee meeting