Residents of a popular seaside town in Victoria are bracing for an uphill battle to block a McDonald's store from opening on the same street as a primary school.

Members of Phillip Island's tight-knit community have banded together to fight the fast food giant from being approved for development just few hundred metres from a primary school in the township of Cowes.

McDonald's has submitted plans to Bass Coast Shire Council to build a restaurant on 194 Settlement Road in Cowes, which has a population of around 6500 people but often balloons in size due to tourist numbers.

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