When Natasha Panetta was planning her family's "forever home" at the new Wongawilli village Sanctuary Ponds, she never imagined looking out at a view of McDonalds' golden arches.
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But on Friday, the fast-food giant unveiled new plans to build a 24-hour McDonald's, as well as a petrol station and childcare centre, in the West Dapto farmland estate.
For Ms Panetta, news of the "monstrosity" is "disgusting and distressing".
People didn't pay this money for farmland to have a view of the golden arches.
- Dapto resident Natasha Panetta
"People didn't pay this money for farmland to have a view of golden arches," the Dapto mother-of-two, who is due to move into her new home in three weeks, said.
"Wongawilli is nestled in the mountains, and now we're going to have the smell of fuel, the smell of fast food throughout our homes."
She said numerous residents of Wongawilli and surrounding West Dapto developments were gearing up to fight the McDonald's proposal, which they say flies in the face of the approved plans for the area.
She said residents had been told the McDonald's site - zoned as a "neighbourhood centre" in council plans - would become a small supermarket or shops.
Under council rules, the zone is to be used to "provide a range of small-scale retail, business and community uses that serve the needs of people who live or work in the surrounding neighbourhood".
"We were hoping for more of a community shop - maybe and IGA or green grocer, a hairdresser or something like that," Ms Panetta said.
"The Ponds are supposed to be family friendly, and there are paths and places you are supposed to be able to walk with your kids.
"How can you do that with a mammoth service centre there?
"We want our kids to grow up healthy, not with more fast food. We hope this ends up being like the KFC at Bulli."
She said residents had already started making submissions to object to the McDonald's plan, as they also had concerns about traffic, congestion and safety.
"We will fight with everything we've got," Ms Panetta said.
In their application to Wollongong City Council, McDonald's said the proposed centre would well-designed, "offering a variety of modern services and facilities within an accessible and convenient location, aimed at servicing the future local residents and passing motorists/workers/tourists needs".
"Specifically, the proposed development has been designed taking into consideration the surrounding pedestrian network in order to facilitate both social gathering areas and a pedestrian friendly and accessible site," the documents said.
The developers have met with the council twice over the plans.
During these meetings, council officers questioned whether McDonald's was appropriate.
"As a general observation, a McDonald's operation within the village setting would appear to sit at odds with sustainable local development," officers said.
The plans are open for comment until December 11.