AUGUSTA -- A proposal to build a Tractor Supply Company store on Civic Center Drive was unanimously approved by the Planning Board Tuesday.

Greely Associates plans to build a 19,000 square-foot Tractor Supply Company store with an 18,000-square-foot fenced outdoor display area on 4.3 acres of a 40-acre lot.

The site is near the Augusta Elks Lodge.

Tractor Supply is a retail store catering to full and part-time farmers and ranchers, hobby farmers, rural homeowners and contractors, according to the company's Web site.

It operates over 750 stores in 40 states, selling items including clothing, equine and pet supplies, tractor/trailer parts and accessories, lawn and garden supplies, sprinkler/irrigation parts, power tools, fencing, welding and pump supplies, and mowers.

The board's approval is contingent on the project receiving a storm water permit and natural resource protection act permit from the state Department of Environmental Protection.