CARLISLE residents are again rallying to save their much-loved supermarket from unwanted development plans.

They thought they had won the fight when a Joint Development Assessment Panel last year rejected a plan to replace the IGA store with a 7-Eleven petrol station, a Hungry Jacks fast food outlet and a convenience store.

More than 6000 people signed a petition to save the IGA and the Town of Victoria Park also opposed the development plans.

But the call to "Save our Supermarket" has gone out again after the developer appealed the decision to the State Administrative Tribunal, which in turn ordered the assessment panel to reconsider a revised plan.

Camera Icon The petrol station will be across the road from an existing service station. Credit: Today Tonight.

Theressa Thai, whose family has run the IGA on the intersection of Orrong Road and Archer Street for 16 years, said the appeal felt like deja vu.

Locals have again been signing a petition against the plan and today rallied at the store to voice their objections to it.

"It really sucks, it really, really sucks, like I can't believe we're going through this again," Ms Thai said.

"I feel really disheartened, we thought we did win last year, we even had like a little celebration with all our locals, (and) had a BBQ."

Camera Icon An artist’s impression of what the new development will look like.

The development was rejected over concerns about traffic flow and noise.

Developers have submitted amended plans which include the addition of a driveway onto Orrong Road.

"But everything else to me looks exactly the same, like I've looked at it over and over with the customers that come through, with my Dad, and we really can't find anything that much different to the old plan," she said.

A new petition opposing the development has been signed by 3000 people during the past two weeks.

With a petrol station across the road, locals maintain they don't need another one and most are opposed to having a fast food restaurant on the site.

Camera Icon Theressa Thai with her father and customers outside the supermarket. Credit: Today Tonight

The Thai family remain on a month-to-month lease as the future of the site is decided.

"We spend more of our time here than we do at home, all these customers that come in, they're like family, I know the majority of them by first name basis," she said.

"It just kind of like lights up my day knowing that we have so much support.

"We're not gonna have a Hungry Jack's here, we're not gonna let them win again, like we're gonna win this time, they're not gonna knock us down."

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