The expansion of the BP service station in Gordon Rd, Mosgiel, has been given the go-ahead despite the concerns of neighbours.
In a written decision released on Friday, a Dunedin City Council hearings committee announced it would grant consent for the expansion.
The decision meant the existing service station in Gordon Rd would be demolished and a new facility built, spreading on to a neighbouring site at 70 Gordon Rd.
The new service station would be open 24 hours a day, compared with the existing facility, which closed at 11pm, and boast 60% more pumps, as well as a cafe, car-wash and vacuum.
Eight neighbours invited to submit on the consent application had opposed the development, worried about noise, property prices and health impacts, while a council planner recommended consent be declined.
However, in its written decision, the committee concluded the new facility would bring positive benefits for Mosgiel, and any adverse effects could be managed.
The service station would be redeveloped in a "well established mix" of commercial and residential activities on a main transport route, and where a service station had been "for many decades", it said.
Acoustic fencing would be used to control noise, while the planned car wash would only be able to operate between 8am and 8pm and when its doors were closed, it said.
The committee was also "not satisfied" claims of health risks arising from the proximity of the service station to residential housing were supported by expert evidence, it said.
The upgrade of the site would allow adverse effects to be managed "so that the activity will be compatible with the surrounding residential activity", it said.
The decision imposed a list of 31 conditions on the company, setting limits on noise, light and other technical aspects of the service station’s upgrade and operation, including the use of its car wash.
