An artist’s impression of the proposed Hungry Jack’s restaurant and drive-through at Nicholls. Images: Knight Frank Town Planning.
Another fast food option is being proposed for the Gold Creek precinct in Nicholls.
A development application from Sydney-based Selden Pty Ltd has been submitted for a new Hungry Jack’s restaurant and drive-through on a vacant block of land in O’Hanlon Place.
The 281 sqm single-storey restaurant will include a 36-seat dining area, service area, kitchen, and food and waste storage.
The drive-through facilities wrap around the restaurant with two ordering booths side-by-side on the northern side to minimise queuing of the restaurant.
Payment and collection booths are located on the eastern and southern sides of the development.
The building will be covered in Hungry Jack’s branding, and there will be illuminated signage, including a pylon sign.
The 11-space car park will be 17 short of what is required, but the DA says there are 170 existing spaces in the immediate area.
The site is surrounded by other businesses, including fast food outlets.
Seven of the on-site car spaces will be directly in front of the restaurant on the western side, and the other four, including tandem parking for staff, will be within the northeast corner.
One of the spaces will be able to provide charging for electric vehicles.
A new crossover via O’Hanlon Place is not proposed, and all access is to be via the internal aisles of the existing commercial precinct.
For loading and garbage collection, the site has been designed to accommodate trucks up to 12.5 metres long.
The DA’s traffic report says a maximum of 31 vehicle movements an hour are expected, equivalent to about one every two minutes.
“This level of traffic will then be further distributed between the two access points to the overall site and are expected to be easily absorbed into the surrounding road network,” it says.
Four bicycle spaces are proposed to the north of the building, and an accessible travel path will be provided from the site’s boundary on O’Hanlon Place to the main pedestrian entrance of the premises.
A view of the drive-through. The DA says the new outlet will increase the amenity of the Gold Creek locale.
The site will be landscaped, and a rainwater tank will be installed to irrigate the plants.
While the site is near the historic Ginninderra Village complex, the DA says it is sufficiently distant, about 450 metres away, and does not have any heritage impacts.
The site is surrounded by other commercial uses, including a motel, an existing KFC restaurant, a childcare centre, several other ‘chain’ fast food outlets and commercial buildings, including a McDonald’s and Ampol service station.
“The proposed restaurant seeks to provide an accessible and alternate (sic) food option which will, in turn, activate a vacant part of Nicholls,” the DA says.
It will further increase the amenity of a part of the Gold Creek locale through the development of the southwest corner of a multi-service hub, it says.
The development is expected to cost about $1.6 million. The DA is open for comment until 27 November.
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