The green light has been given to Millicent Farm Supplies to erect a large commercial storage shed on North Terrace in the centre of 
Millicent.

The proposal went through the customary planning processes and was challenged by four local residents.

John Drew, Moira Neagle and David Walshaw opposed the Millicent Farm Supplies proposal outright while Peter Dunnicliff gave his conditional support.

All four are Corcoran Ward representatives on Wattle Range Council but they were acting as private citizens.

Public comment on the proposal was invited and was considered when the Limestone Southern Regional Assessment Panel recently met.

Staff prepared a 16 page report on the proposal and recommended the development application be refused on planning grounds.

Among the issues raised by the respondents were the impact on future residential development and property prices, visual impact and the land use is contrary to zone policies.

Mr Drew exercised his right to be heard by the panel when it recently met in Millicent.

Millicent Farm Supplies was represented by planning consultant Frank Brennan.

The panel gave the go-ahead for the storage shed subject to some conditions.

The land in question borders the southern edge of the main Millicent town drain and housed the Millicent power station for much of the 20th century.

It became the Millicent deport for the Electricity Trust of South Australia in the post-war years.

ETSA was privatised in the 1990s and vacated the North Terrace property.

It then became the base for Millicent Farm Supplies in 2006.

A further area of onetime railway land facing North Terrace and Castlebridge Road was purchased by Millicent Farm Supplies in 2020 and is now used for storage purposes.

Meanwhile, the adjacent land on the northern edge of the main Millicent town drain was sold to a fuel company in 2022.

Three towering pine trees have recently been felled as the area is to become an unmanned fuel depot.