By Kelly Yates
CASEY council has knocked back a planning application to build a 24-hour car wash, Hungry Jack’s outlet and licensed restaurant in Berwick.
The council received 11 objections and a petition signed by 147 residents opposing the development that was set for the site on the corner of Clyde Road and Homestead Road, formerly Oliver’s on Clyde.
Casey’s planning committee rejected the application because it didn’t comply with relevant requirements of the planning scheme.
As noted in the report, the officers recommended refusing a permit on the grounds that it was an over development of the site.
The proposed development received a mixture of responses from local residents, sparking fears of an increase in traffic, noise, vandalism and devaluation of surrounding properties.
Moloney Court residents Daniel and Melinda Shine, whose property backs onto the site, objected to the plan.
Mr Shine told the News this week he was happy the application was rejected, despite expecting the developer to appeal to the Victorian Civil and Administration Tribunal (VCAT).
“All of the residents we have spoken to are happy with the outcome,” he said.
“It’s an over development of a site which is already heavily congested.”
The couple said they would continue the fight if the matter went before VCAT.
“We’ve been living in the area for more than 12 months and it was the ambience and privacy that attracted us here,” he said.
“We don’t want a Hungry Jack’s on our back fence. We’d be more than happy having some town houses on the site.”
