THE advertising period for a proposed multimillion-dollar takeaway food and service station development in Bannockburn will end next Monday.<\/p>\n
Accord Property lodged a planning permit application with the Golden Plains Shire earlier this year. The application has been open for comment since the end of last month.<\/p>\n
Accord plans to build a KFC, a McDonald’s and a 7-Eleven service station on 2.07 hectares of vacant land at 201 Geelong Road, between the existing Ampol Foodary service station and the Bannockburn Veterinary Clinic.<\/p>\n
The nominated value of the project is $4.5 million. Accord said in the application that the development would create jobs for the township.<\/p>\n
The McDonald’s restaurant would have 50 seats, the KFC 40, and there would be 69 car parking spaces provided.<\/p>\n
“Formal public notice of the planning application relating to 201 Geelong Road, Bannockburn concludes on 14 July,” a Shire spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
“After the public notice concludes, Council officers will review all submissions and determine if any further information is required prior to making a decision.”<\/p>\n
It is not known how many submissions have been lodged.<\/p>\n
Golden Plains Chamber of Commerce president Peter Nunn said the chamber had not discussed the proposal and did not have a formal position on it.<\/p>\n
But Mr Nunn said he was aware that community opinions on the development were mixed.<\/p>\n
“I don’t know that there’s a strong movement on it one way or the other,” he said.<\/p>\n
Golden Plains Shire mayor Cr Owen Sharkey said the proposed development was another indicator that Bannockburn is growing.<\/p>\n
“It’s good to see investment and new businesses coming in that will offer jobs and opportunities,” Cr Sharkey said.<\/p>\n
“But it’s going through that process where residents may have issues with it in terms of its planning application.”<\/p>\n
Comment was not available from Accord Property.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE advertising period for a proposed multimillion-dollar takeaway food and service station development in Bannockburn will end next Monday. Accord Property lodged a planning permit application with the Golden Plains Shire earlier this year. The application has been open for comment since the end of last month. Accord plans to build a KFC, a McDonald’s […]<\/p>\n