Southcity operators have cooked up plans to bring fast-food giant KFC to the Glenfield Park shopping precinct.
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The $1.5 million development was lodged with Wagga City Council this week, which proposes a 24-hour, seven days a week KFC restaurant and drive-through at the corner of Pinaroo Drive and Tanda Place.
If approved, it will become Wagga's fourth KFC store.
The application's environmental impact statement stated the development would have up to 15 staff members working from the premises at any given time.
"The restaurant will offer a dine-in, take away and drive through services and include car parking for 36 vehicles including one space for disable persons vehicles," the report states.
It also emphasised that the master plan for the Southcity precinct includes two supermarkets, a fast-food outlet and a service station.
"A master plan was prepared for the precinct to rationalise future development of the land," the report states.
"The proposed development is consistent with the master plan and reflective of the subject sites current and future configuration including car park and internal road layout."
The Southcity shopping centre operator declined to comment about the proposal to further develop the precinct in the near future.
An existing tenant Kathryn Parker, who is the owner of Southcity Takeaway, said a new fast-food store within the shopping precinct has her support.
Her business has been operating from the centre for 14-years and Ms Parker said it is promising to see new development proposed, which could provide more services to the suburb's residents.
"Any development and job creation in the local area is fantastic," she said.
"Yes, it is fast food and we come under the same umbrella, but I am not too concerned about it affecting my sales. The McDonald's down the road, that's 24-hours. It didn't affect us at all when it first went in, so I don't think this will either."
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However, Ms Parker said her biggest concern was the risk of litter spoiling the streetscape, which is common at most fast food stores.
"I don't live close by, but if I were a resident I would be concerned about the amount of litter in the streets," she said. "You always see around fast-food outlets general litter and packaging from the restaurants along the streets."
Southcity's Sushi Frenzy manager Yoriko Anwar also supports the plans to build a KFC restaurant, believing the fast food giant would have more success in this location and could hopefully bring more people into the precinct.
"The location is not really good. People are just coming to shop at Coles and not really eating. I think KFC will be different," she said.