Asda has won permission for another self-service petrol station in Chatham which will offer cut-price fuel to its customers.

The six-pump station operation at their superstore in Maidstone Road, Chatham will be similar to the one in Pier Road, Gillingham, where motorists can only pay by card as there is no kiosk.

The petrol station will be built in the corner of the car park, opposite the recycling area, and 46 car parking spaces will be lost.

The council received three letters of objection that raised concerns over extra traffic and potential tailbacks on to the A229, and the number of nearby petrol stations.

But a planning restriction states that customers will not be able to buy fuel at the new pumps until measures to help maintain the flow of traffic on and off the site are approved by Medway Council. The restriction also states that keep clear markings should be painted in front the forecourt.

The supermarket giant slashed fuel prices by two pence per litre on Monday bringing the prices of diesel down to 106.7ppl and unleaded down to 105.7ppl, at all its 272 petrol stations across the country.

Andy Peake, Asda’s senior petrol director, said: “It’s the start of the summer holidays and we know families will be getting out and about all across the country which is why we’re dropping the price of fuel.

“At Asda we always pass on any savings we can make to our customers, so it’s great to see that costs have dropped despite early predictions that the cost of fuel would increase following the outcome of the EU Referendum.”

But the FairFuelUK campaign argue that motorists are not seeing reduced oil prices when they fill up their cars at the pumps and are calling on the government to investigate.

Howard Cox, founder of the campaign, said: “Our campaign supporters from UK motorists, hauliers and small businesses across the UK are incensed that in the five weeks since the EU Referendum, significant falls in fuel wholesale prices have been ignored by retailers.

“We are told by some garage owners that they should not be blamed, as they are not getting these published wholesale numbers and are being overcharged by as much as six pence per litre.

"So who is fleecing the motorist? What is the truth? It really is time for the government to investigate the opaque pricing process at the pumps.”