A $1 million veterinary clinic in Thurgoona has been given the green light by Albury Council.
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The clinic will be operated by Dr Leanne Bailey, who previously worked at the Family Vet Centre in East Albury operated by member for Albury Justin Clancy.
The two-storey facility incorporating consulting rooms, surgery, grooming facilities, cat and dog wards on the ground floor and surgery observation deck, staff and training areas on the first floor will be built on the northern side of Diamond Drive in a sub-division which has been at the centre of a NSW Land and Environment Court battle between the sub-division developers and council.
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Late last year, the council rejected a staged six-lot division, but in September the court found in favour of developers subject to development consent conditions including the requirement to create a centralised car parking area.
The 40-space centralised parking area will support all six lots including the veterinary clinic.
Under the plans for the clinic presented to council, only seven could be created onsite with the further three required to be included in the centralised park plans.
Dr Bailey is originally from Melbourne, but made the move to Albury with husband and GP, Michael.
She began working at the Family Vet Centre in in 2014 and has been operating in an interim facility in Wodonga since 2018.
"It's definitely an area of need and we're aiming to service owners who treat pets as family members," she said.
"We're aiming for a fear-free environment."
The best case scenario is for the clinic to be up and running by late next year.
The site is undeveloped and contains 14 trees which have been identified for removal, but given the commercial nature of the land, the lot and development size, tree retention was not possible in this instance, council planners said..
Environmental lands have been identified to the north of the subject site and zoned as such.
Meanwhile, council has awarded Excell Gray Bruni the contract to build the terraced seating at the Les O'Brien Athletics Complex located within Alexandra Park.
The Wodonga company's tender of $122,100 for the works was accepted by council this week.
The concrete terraced seating area along the western bank of the facility will cater for 440 people and will make the venue more competitive in attracting major events following the recent track reconstruction.
A seating and shade project submitted for grant funding last year was unsuccessful.