Church Street’s BP Service Station will be demolished after a $2.5 million redevelopment of the site was approved at Mid-Western Regional Council’s Wednesday meeting.
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Councillors unanimously voted in favour of the application to demolish and reconstruct the existing building and a disused workshop.
Four existing fuel storage tanks and a waste oil storage tank will be removed as part of the development.
A new building, with a floor area of 122.4 square metres, will be built with a new five metre high canopy, new signage and new fuel tanks and pumps.
A report submitted to council said the proposed works will take approximately 16 weeks.
The site is believed to have been used as a service station since the early 1960s.
Service stations are no longer a permissible use within the CBD commercial zone and the development application relies on existing use rights of the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act.
Council received one submission from a neighbour concerned about the inadequacy of the proposed fencing, the setback, possible emission of gases from the vent stack, and the impact of lighting and noise from vehicles, people, compressors and airconditioners.
NSW police also made a submission raising concerns about anti-social incidents which have occurred near the site.
As a result of the police submission, council has proposed conditions including the installation of CCTV camera and the employment of independent security staff.