Out on the quiet outskirts of the ACT's northern border, voluminous sounds like crashing thunder reportedly had been keeping rural residents awake for years.
The Yass Valley Council then became involved and ordered a landscaping facility on Mulligans Flat Road closed.
And for the past 18 months, peace and quiet had returned to the valley.
But now a fresh development application will go before the next council meeting and residents fear it will kickstart the controversy again.
Council documentation revealed there were eight submissions received opposing the new landscaping company and six, some from residents at Wallaroo 20km away, in support of the Sutton proposal.
John Grbesa has for almost a decade lived on an established acreage next door to the proposed business. He said he and his neighbours are desperately seeking a deferral of the proposal at the meeting so the issue can be properly reassessed.
He said the council had not loaded the application's full documentation to its website for locals to assess until Friday, only offering three working days before the council met.
"This whole issue has been stressing me out; I'm angry about it and not sleeping well," he said.
"Lots of people around here feel the same way.
"We see this as a conflict of industrial use in a rural residential area.
"We moved out here and built our house to enjoy a quiet rural lifestyle. We had a break from the awful noise and dust for a while and now this is starting up all over again.
"The council is well aware of the issues we've raised over the years. Around here we have many people very concerned that what is proposed is not what it appears to be."
Tony Redman, who runs a horse training facility at nearby Sherony Park, said he was concerned that the loud noises potentially generated by the facility will spook his horses and could cause a rider to fall.
"We run equine-assisted therapy out here and cater for youth at risk," he said.
"Many of the riders who come here are not at all confident.
"We've been running this service for decades out here; this proposal is not compatible with this area. It has generated an awful racket at times. People could get hurt."
The council has assessed the proposal and imposed conditions, including the prohibition of using the facility as a truck depot and limiting the hours of operation.
"The Yass Valley Settlement Strategy identifies the land within a buffer/transition area of five kilometres to the NSW/ACT border," the council stated in its documentation.
"This does not prevent the ancillary parking of trucks associated with the 'landscaping material supplies' premises."
Yass Valley Council chief executive Chris Berry said there had been full consultation and submissions assessed ahead of the meeting but it was now up to the councillors to agree, disagree or defer the proposal.
The proposers were contacted but did not wish to make comment.
