OTR owners Peregrine Corporation expected to submit new plans for Kensington Park servo
Service station giant OTR has ramped up its efforts to build a servo at Kensington Park, with new plans to be presented for the Kensington Rd site.
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On The Run owner Peregrine Corporation is expected to present new plans for a 24/7 service station in Kensington Park by March.
PC Infrastructure, on behalf of Peregrine, met with Burnside Council for a preliminary conference on Monday in the Environment, Resources and Development Court about its renewed blueprint for a service station at 285-287 Kensington Rd, near the Regal Cinema.
Court documents show “the appellant (Peregrine) is preparing amended plans for council consideration”.
The council’s assessment panel, 4-1, rejected Peregrine’s earlier plans for the site last September, saying it did not qualify as a “small-scale” development and would create traffic and safety problems.
A conciliation conference has been set for March 4 at 9.30am where the council, potentially, could agree to Peregrine’s new plans.
Documents also show, following a December 2 conference, Peregrine was “currently considering its position regarding a compromise proposal”.
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The Messenger reported in December that Peregrine had lodged another appeal against the rejection of its long-held plans.
The saga began in October 2016, when Peregrine lodged plans for a $3 million service station.
It was rejected by the State Government’s assessment panel and an appeal in the ERD was also dismissed.
That decision was then upheld in the Supreme Court.
Long-term opponent Chris Shakes described Peregrine’s latest appeal as “brazen and also predictable”.
“The key issue has always been the overdevelopment of a very small site and the risks that this would create for pedestrians and motorists,” Mr Shakes said.
“Nothing that OTR has produced to this point has been able to satisfy minimum road or safety standards.”
Peregrine declined to comment.