LIONS Lookout, just off Welshpool Road East at the top of the hill in Lesmurdie, could soon house a café with a development application lodged with the City of Kalamunda.

Set to be known as the Travelling Snack, the stationary restaurant will be made from a repurposed sea container, according to the bushfire management plan prepared by Fireguard West.

The proposed site for the container restaurant is next to the existing barbecues at Lions Lookout, and if the development goes ahead, the barbecues will be removed.

The sea container restaurant will feature a seating area in front of the café, alongside seating on top of the container.

Toilets are included in the proposal, located at the back of the sea container in an adjoining structure, while the inside of the sea container itself will be repurposed into a kitchen and food preparation space, also featuring an office and a service counter.

Parking at the lookout is also set to be expanded, with the estimated 100 visitors set to park at a proposed 32 bay parking lot – an extension from the 19 bays already at the site.

The City of Kalamunda also wants the lookout to be accessed from a different point and proposed to shift the lookout entrance further up Welshpool Road East as part of the development.

Due to the bushfire risk, the report recommends that the proposed container restaurant should be closed on days where the fire danger rating is ‘catastrophic’ to ensure safety.

“Fire history shows fire as recently as 2018 in the area immediately south of the site and the site itself burnt in the early 2000s,” the report states.

The City of Kalamunda sought comment on the proposal from March 6 to March 15.