176-178 Nepean Highway, Seaford 3198, VIC

Seaford residents do not want this!

crazy corner will be bedlam in Summer-already is

Nobody in Seaford wants' another Servo or Fast food restaurant, this is appalling planning ! enough damage has been done to the area by the state governments Skyrail program which has left the area destroyed.

Seaford does not want another fast food franchise which will affect local food businesses, nor do we need another service station.

Very poor planning with no benefit to the local community !

There is a servo across the road at woolworths and plenty more within a 5km radius. Parking on a hot day is already problematic and this development will create more issues with traffic flow, parking and will make Seaford Road dangerous for everyone. This area should be used for beach parking, cafe's, restaurants, green open space or apartment building as it is in a prime position across from the beautiful Seaford beach.

Coming out of Safeway opposite is dangerous enough already

Need an establishment with low traffic volume and low impact on the environment - aren't we supposed to be reducing emissions rather than making higher consuming establishments...

Parking is getting built up in area, with lack of residential parking , all tourists to area parking in streets , blocking access to residence , especially with the increase of units and flats taking over from traditional houses and more households having more than 1 vehicle. Vehicle traffic is on the increase

Why not a solar park, bike rental park, ranger station or a greens habitat cafe , especially as all the local fauna is succumbing to climate change and thinning of the habitat due to building , something to promote the area rather than make it dingier ?
Kind Regards
John

Might sound good on paper, when you've lived here and experienced the chaos of traffic and people trying to cross the road and speeding motorists on nepean hwy, you would avoid this tragedy waiting to happen

About time we had more choice to both petrol stations and a family type restaurant. Currently we need to travel to Carrum Downs or Frankston for these types of options. This is fantastic for growth and more jobs in the area. Great initiative for options.
Fully support this future development.

Unbelievable. There is a petrol station across the road.

This is extremely depressing.

It needs to be a restaurant, cafe or green space.

Very unhappy

Convenience restaurant = McDonald’s

This vacant corner site has been an eyesore for many, many years and as a nearby resident who walks and drives past the site on a very frequent basis, I strongly support a sensible development proposal such as this one.
It will complement the marvellous skyrail / oval / playground development, provide some employment opportunities, and lift the tone of the area.
That said, I would prefer a softer, more environmentally harmonious "look", with more use of timber; and less garish signage.

I really don't support this, I strongly feel that people can go to the other petrol station 1 metre away! I support a cafe or restaurant with outdoor seating and parking on site.

Really can’t believe you’re entertaining this planning proposal again!

The traffic is already dangerous and banks up at the Seaford Rd/Nepean Hwy intersection due to the access to Safeway plus lots of pedestrians/cars accessing the beach using both roads.
This traffic is getting worse due to the fact so many units/townhouses have been built with no road infrastructure to improve traffic. The extra driveways with drivers distracted sifting through their fast food as they exit the premises. Someone's likely to pull out on a car travelling at 70kmh causing a fatality or run over a pedestrian.

Litter is already a major problem along the Seaford beach. The council does little to nothing to manage this. It's become resident’s responsibility to clean up the rubbish throughout the year, 10x worse on warm days with takeaway packaging left on the beach and nature strips!
With significant ecological flora, it’s managed to remain almost untouched in the last 100 years after the initial development of Seaford, unlike any other suburb along the bay. Does it need extra rubbish in both waterways from a major franchise and another service station with the potential of leaking tanks polluting the ground water?

If you look along Nepean Hwy/Beach Road there aren't any major fast food franchises directly opposite the beach in any other council with fast food drive throughs. Why does Seaford need this compared to the flourishing cafe/food strip and heathy eating culture growing within our suburb and every other council electorate? It's not what you want to see driving along our pristine coastline. This strip of coastline in Seaford is unique. With the walking trails along the beach and Kananook Creek dating back over 100 years also the beautiful wetlands. Why spoil it?

Statics show after hours violence exponentially grows at major fast food franchises/service stations with drunk/drug effected people hanging around.
I know I'd feel less safe walking to the only large supermarket in the suburb of Seaford if the intersection was full drunk/ drug effected teens/adults since it'll be a congregation point along with distracted drivers leaving the premise.

Therefore I’d like to submit my objection to the re-zoning of the land and also the currently proposed development

Only the Karens and Nimbys of Seaford are against this. Seaford is a suburb that exists on the busy Nepean highway. A plethora of cafes, fast food, available. Get over it. Pathetic, welcome to 2021

I strongly object to another petrol station or fast food restaurant being built on this block.

There are already a number of petrol stations in the area (one being literally across the road), and we don't need any more fast food chains coming into the area - Frankston has plenty.

Seaford is a unique and beautiful town. I've just moved to the area after years living in the city, and I feel so lucky that I live so close to this stunning beach and wonderful community. When you're in Seaford, you're close enough to the convenient facilities and shops of Frankston, but you can still enjoy the peace and quiet that the town offers.

There is so much opportunity to enhance this wonderful town with a thoughtful development, like a green community space, or an opportunity for a small business, like a cafe or restaurant - something that the local community will enjoy and benefit from, and that will also enhance its appeal to tourists and those passing through (a much-needed boost for local businesses after struggling through a pandemic).

Chucking another petrol station or Maccas will not do anything for this town, it will only hinder it. This is a prime position for a development more meaningful.

Regards
Christie Byrne

The proposal appears to be merely taking advantage of Seaford's position on the Nepean Highway for a major corporation to unnecessarily inflate their profits, rather than being of any benefit to the community.

The negative effects to the environment, health and the economic impact to local businesses.

There is no business benefit for Seaford businesses; as such service stations and fast food restaurants do not increase business in the local towns where they are located. They instead are designed to promote easy and fast access on and off the highway and therefore do not bring commuters into town.

There is no need for an additional service station in the region, there is a service station approximately 150 meters away on the same side of the Nepean Highway.

As a local resident, I am concerned about traffic congestion and the property prices being negatively affected by this.

Fast food outlets are proven to be a very unhealthy diet option, selling highly processed and high sugar food. This will be an unnecessary addition and has the potential to negatively impact the health of Seaford youth.

The Convenience Restaurant, would be located approximately 1.3km from the closest primary school.

Seaford has a vibrant growing community and this is in a great part due to the small town feel that will be severely damaged both by a fast food outlet such as proposed in this application.

Victoria has seen many country towns damaged by over development and a move away from what makes them attractive places to live and visit. Seaford already has a service station and a McDonalds is located approximately 2.8km from 176-178 Nepean Highway, Seaford.

Small cafes and restaurants which are already experiencing hardship due to COVID19 would face incredible headwinds if a large ‘convenience restaurant’ was to be permitted, impacting the community further.

The development is not befitting the character of the township and locality.

The size, height and brightness of the signage.

24 hour trading is excessive for the area. Anti-social behaviour, litter and noise will result.

This proposal would pave the way for other corporations, altering the rural landscape to one akin to the commercial suburbs of Melbourne (an example of this is Kilmore).

Excess litter on the roads, beach and Kananook Creek.

There is already traffic congestion at 176-178 Nepean Highway, Seaford, more so on a sunny day when crowds flock to the beach and parking becomes almost impossible and the traffic banks up along Seaford Road.

The increased road traffic and noise in a coastal town stops Seaford being an attractive town to live in (I live in Seaford and chose Seaford because of the lack of McDonalds etc).

If it is a proposal to mainly service the highway traffic surely somewhere out of town would be better suited.

Our businesses and community rallied so well during the pandemic lock down to support each other. This Council has an obligation to defend and preserve the integrity of Seaford as a thriving coastal town.

If Council is truly invested in the future of Seaford as a thriving town, there is absolutely no benefit to the local community for this planning application to proceed and Council should decline.

A golden opportunity for Frankston to make a fresh and progressive statement on its otherwise dreadful planning history. Influx of young families moving here for a healthy lifestyle and it’s totally offset by the influx of yet another junk food restaurant that has outlets on a direct line from both intersecting roads less than a few minutes drive away. It would be an appalling decision.

The proposed plan does not seem to cater for the realities of the traffic around this intersection. Any traffic coming up seaford road and entering the facility can only, it appears, then turn left down the nepean hwy unless they try and force their way across to the right hand lane on seaford road. This outlet is directly opposite where traffic from the nepean hwy can turn left into seaford rd and which also has the ingress/exit from the existing shopping centre, which incidently also has a service station.
Traffic coming up the nepean highway from frankston and wanting to enter the new facility will in theory have to turn right into seaford road and then within a short distance stop and try to enter across across traffic via the entry on seaford road. Distances are such that this entry point would be blocked by traffic on seaford road stopped by the lights. Bad enough out of peak hours traffic but guaranteed chaos during peak times.
There does not appear to be any planning or infrastructure in the proposal to enable traffic exiting the facility to turn right (East) down seaford rd or to stop traffic coming north on nepean hwy turning right immediately before the traffic lights and entering the service station area and then trying to access the food outlet.
Anyone who believes motorists will obey any signage on which direction to exit and/or turn only need to spend half an hour watching the number of vehicles which currently exit the service station beside woolworths directly on to nepean hwy despite the existing signage stating NO EXIT.
The other issues around litter control, noise abatement, including service delivery vehicles, provide further reasons why this proposal should not proceed.

This will be a massive environmental impact to the beautiful beach we have here at Seaford. Just have a look at Frankston Beach littered with junk food wrappers. This was initially knocked back by the residents but looks like it’s been pushed through. I wouldn’t be surprised if some people within the local council is getting some under the table bonuses.