A 3,962 sqm industrial site at 204 Hume Highway in Chullora is being repositioned to allow a service station and fast-food uses through a targeted amendment to Strathfield’s LEP.
The now-approved planning proposal introduced “service stations” and “restaurants or cafes” as additional permitted uses on land currently zoned E4 General Industrial. These uses are already permissible on the Canterbury-Bankstown portion of the site, but prohibited under the Strathfield LEP, creating a split permissibility outcome across the lot.
The scheme is anchored by a service station with ancillary food and drink premises, including takeaway, with the total food floorspace capped at 350 sqm.
The site has around 108 metres of frontage to the Hume Highway and sits on the southern edge of a large industrial precinct dominated by logistics, warehousing and freight activity. It has historically operated as a car dealership and is currently occupied by a temporary food truckuse.
This is the second attempt to unlock the site. A previous proposal for a highway service centre failed to reach approval from the planning department in 2022 due to land use inconsistencies across the split LGA boundary and misalignment with the proposed mix of uses. The revised approach reframes the scheme as a combination of service station and food uses to align with both planning frameworks.
The justification is fairly straightforward. There is no service station on the northern side of the Hume Highway between Yagoona and the M4 corridor, creating a service gap across a major freight and commuter route.
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