The $38 million project - which will see an abattoir with the capacity for 13,500 goats bolted-on to a freezer of the existing SeaLink site - will be located just across the road from Athol Gardens, a private residence which also has tourist accommodation and hosts a number of weddings and functions every year.

"I couldn't think of two more conflicting businesses than an abattoir and a country wedding business," Athol Gardens owner David Somervaille said.

"We have a successful garden wedding business. [It seems like a] transfer of value from us to them." 

Mr Somervaille said he was "totally disgusted" and felt "ambushed" with the way he had come to find out about the development. 

"Wouldn't it have been much better if we were consulted?" 

Mr Somervaille and his wife Karen were among around 50 residents who were at a public information night held in Blayney last Thursday which was designed to provide more details on a consortium's plan to construct the abattoir via Ray Hornery and a outline of the environmental side of the project by Nicole Armit from SLR Consulting.

The state-significant development - which means the NSW Department of Planning has the final say, not Blayney Shire Council - will be just the second goat abattoir in the nation, alongside another site in Queensland.

It will be an export-only operation, capitalising on Australia's position as the world's largest exporter of goat meat.

Sixty per cent of the meat will be sent to the United States, with the rest carved up between the Middle East and emerging markets in Asia.

The abattoir will generate employment for around 165 people and likely operate five days a week, starting between 5 and 6am, with no overnight slaughter.

Goats will be trucked into Blayney from the far west of NSW and parts of southern Queensland. 

Residents at last week's meeting highlighted that that process will see trucks pass Millthorpe and Blayney public schools and Blayney High, before turning right into the main street and left onto Burns Street, proceeding by a retirement village.

The trucks will then enter left into a new access road, just past the Athol Gardens driveaway. 

Initial calculations have revealed that during the morning peak there will be 120 vehicle movements per hour and 166 in the afternoon/evening.

When those figures were released to those in attendance, it caused gasps of disbelieve, but it was explained that most of those vehicle movements relate to workers driving to and from the abattoir and not from B-double trucks.

One resident asked about trucks coming from Young, down Martha Street, a notorious stretch of road that has seen its fair share of truck rollovers throughout the years, and heading to the abattoir.

Mr Hornery said no trucks would be driving from Young. 

However, while goats will make-up the bulk of the abattoir's operation, there will be the capacity to process sheep. 

The potential smell was also raised by residents, but Mr Hornery said there will be no rendering plant on site, eliminating much of the smell that is normally associated with an abattoir. 

"A key element of the development is that we have removed the odour as much as possible," Mr Hornery said.

"We're keeping it as clean as possible." 

Preliminary data also indicates there will be no odour in town. Although, Mr Somervaille was not yet able to be provided with assurances weddings at Athol Gardens during the summer months would not be overcome with abattoir smell. 

While the abattoir will have the capacity for 13,500 goats, it is planned that only 4500 goats will be processed each day.

That number of goats led to concerns about noise, but Mr Hornery said that the animals only make noise when they're under pressure.

"They will be under pressure if they are kept in the truck overnight," countered one resident. 

Mr Hornery added the abattoir will not have an outdoor holding yard. However, the area where the trucks will drop-off the goats will not be fully enclosed, only one two sides, to provide ventilation to maintain animal welfare standards. 

Most of the issues raised by residents on the night will be addressed in an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), required as part of the development approval process. 

The EIS will look at a lengthy list of areas the proposed abattoir could impact on including air quality, noise, factoring in the construction phase and sleep disturbance, traffic, heritage, visual impact, greenhouse gases and the socio-economic impact on the town. 

It is envisaged the EIS will be completed by mid-October and once it has been deemed adequate by the Department of Planning, it will be placed on public exhibition, most likely in November. 

If the project is rubber-stamped, construction is expected to commence once approval has been granted.