Plans to turn a long-vacant site into a Greggs drive-thru have attracted several objections with one branding the site "a traffic disaster".
The bakery giants want to transform an area of vacant land which lies adjacent to and to the south of 58 Grahams Road in Falkirk - close to the town's retail park.
Planning officials have recommended refusal but the final decision will be made by members of Falkirk Council' s planning committee, which meets on Wednesday. Read more: Soaring gas bills will see Falkirk Council spend more than £1 million on energy alone The local community council, along with several individual residents, have strongly objected to the plans for the site, where Greggs are seeking permission to "erect a restaurant (Class 3) with a drive-thru facility and associated works, including parking and landscaping".The site has been vacant for more than 10 years and while some of it is being used as a temporary car park, much of it has become heavily overgrown.The ten objections made to Falkirk Council include fears over the fumes that the drive-thru would generate, with slow-moving traffic that would increase air pollution.Some neighbours told the council that the private gardens surrounding the site will "have to suffer constant fumes from parked and slow-moving traffic".Others are worried about noise and litter that could come from queued traffic.
One said: "... engines running, music playing, building plant and equipment running will render adjacent gardens useless."More objections said the situation would cause "a traffic nightmare" while another is quoted as saying: "Graham’s Road is a traffic disaster, currently with standing traffic a good proportion of the day due to the adjacent retail park, without
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