If the application is approved, the Bill Dando Finer Cars site on the corner of the Great Western Highway and Boyd Street will be demolished to make way for a 7-Eleven service station and convenience store.

The proposed eight-pump service station would open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and would have a total underground storage capacity of 180,000 litres of fuel.

Should the new Kelso service station be approved, along with a proposed station at Raglan, there will be five service stations in a 4.6-kilometre stretch of the highway.

“There will be an oversupply of service stations in the area, with a probability of three within 300 metres of each other,” Mr Bullock said.

The Wayside Court resident said he is directly opposite the entry/exit for the proposed service station.

“I am concerned that this street does not appear in any planning document. I ask whether the Traffic Report has been conducted with the correct information and research,” he said.

Mr Bullock works as a primary school teacher in the area, and has concerns about the service station’s close proximity to Kelso Public School.

“I am concerned about the safety of children who live in the nearby area with the entry and exit to this development extremely close to the school traffic lights,” he said.

“With increased traffic flow into a busy area, a new development that will bring further traffic and new road conditions, I am fearful of possible road safety which could lead to a fatality.”

Mr Bullock said there are many people against the development, despite a lack of residents wanting to come forward with their concerns to the media.

“Since taking to Facebook I have received support from 100 individuals that are opposed to this proposal,” he said.

Despite concerns from Mr Bullock, Coates Hire manager John Oxman said a boost in traffic from the new service station would also mean a boost to his business.

“It gives you more traffic and it brings work with passers-by. We like to keep our name out there,” he said. “The extra traffic is a good thing for Bathurst. The more building we can do the better for Bathurst.”

Bill Dando from Bill Dando Finer Cars declined to comment on the future of the business, citing a confidentiality agreement he signed with the developer he sold the land to a few months ago.

“The business will continue as usual, but we probably won’t be this big,” he said.

“I can’t comment except to say Bathurst is growing at an enormous rate and we need the facilities to accommodate this.”

Bathurst Regional Council received just two submissions of objection by the closing date of Monday, October 20.

The development application will now be discussed at a closed forum between council, the developers and the two people who lodged a submission.