PASCOE Vale South residents fed up with fast-food “parties” on their front lawns are fighting an application for a 24-hour restaurant on Bell St.

Moreland Council has received more than 40 objections to a Hungry Jack proposal for a restaurant on the corner of Sussex St — the same site as a 24-hour Shell service station.

Soudan St resident Marilyn Moore, whose property abuts the site, said nearby residents were sick of the behaviour of patrons from the McDonald’s restaurant opposite the service station.

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“They tear around our lanes, park and leave rubbish and have parties on our front lawns,” Ms Moore said.

“We are going to suffer from a terrible lot of noise and light spillage into our back yard.”

The only existing 24-hour fast food restaurant in Moreland is a McDonald’s at Brunswick’s Barkly Square.

The council knocked back a request by McDonald’s for three restaurants — including the Pascoe Vale South franchise — to open for 24 hours in 2008.

A Hungry Jack’s spokeswoman, who refused to be named, said the fast-food chain would respect the decision made at the conclusion of the “development process”.

The spokeswoman said the chain was proudly Australian-owned.

“New Hungry Jack’s restaurants typically create around 50 new jobs,” the spokeswoman said.

The council is likely to make a decision on the application at a June 25 meeting.