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Servo fight heads to VCAT

Peter Bannan

COMMUNITY members have vowed to fight a recent council decision approving a Coles Express service station in the Swan Hill CBD.

A group of around 20 locals gathered at the Swan Hill Club on Wednesday evening to form a committee to seek review from the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) — a process they anticipate will cost around $10,000. 

The objectors are looking to fund their VCAT bid via donations and say community support for their cause is high, with over 350 people signing a petition against the development so far. 

They have already secured a town planner to represent them and will lodge the application with VCAT within the next two weeks.

For more on this story, grab a copy of Friday’s Guardian (January 29).

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