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<p>DECC published a report from Deloitte LLP in December 2012, which considered long
term changes to the retail market for road fuels in the UK, and the implications of
these changes to our energy resilience. This market has changed significantly over
the last decade. However, the findings of this report do not suggest that the changes
to the size and shape of the retail market for road fuels have had significant impacts
on the UK's ability to be able to respond to supply disruptions or that these have
significantly reduced the access of UK motorists to a local supply of fuel. The report
found that in 2011, 98% of postcode sectors had a petrol filling station within 10
minutes drive, and 92% had more than two within the same travel time.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions
on the location of individual petrol filling stations are for local planning authorities.</p><p>
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