A prime stretch of the Hume Highway could soon welcome a new service station and food hub, with a planning proposal lodged to unlock a critical gap in urban services along one of Sydney’s busiest transport corridors.
Impetus Planning, on behalf of EG Property Advisory, has submitted a proposal to Strathfield Council to allow a ‘service station’ and ‘restaurant or café’ on 204 Hume Highway in Chullora.
The 3,962 sqm site – formerly a long-running car sales yard, later a COVID-19 testing clinic and currently home to a temporary food truck – sits at a high-exposure position in the Chullora industrial precinct.
An economic impact assessment report identified a major service station gap on the northern side of the Hume Highway between Yagoona and Strathfield South – an 8.4km stretch with no fuel facilities. The highway sees between 50,000 – 60,000 vehicle movements daily.
The study also projects residential population growth in the area from 29,200 to 33,200 over the next 15 years, generating demand for an additional 0.7 – 1 new service stations. The Chullora Industrial Estate – hope to 9,000 – 10,000 workers – alone could support the equivalent of two service stations (according to the economic report).
The Hume Highway is well suited for urban services catering to both local and through traffic. The proposal’s combination of fuel, food and convenience retail is positioned as an optimal use of the site, already permitted on part of the land and now seeking full-site approval under section 5.3 of the Strathfield LEP.
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