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Landfill gets tick By Emily Chapman Laing Objections from local residents were unable to stop the endorsement of the Hampton Park Hill Development Plan by the City of Casey, which said it “must comply“ with State Government plans for the land. The Hampton Park Hill Development Plan was endorsed at a council meeting on Tuesday 18 July. While the council believes the enforcement of the Development Plan will “facilitate the future development of land“ around the landfill site, “for waste and resource recovery activities, regional public open spaces and light industrial activities“, residents fear the endorsement will perpetuate their suffering as the tip
continues to cause odour headaches. Many public submissions for the meeting voiced concerns over the council’s decision to endorse the plan ahead of the new EPA buffer zone guidelines due to enforce separation distance changes later this year. The new guidelines would increase the buffer zone around the landfill site from the current distance of 500 metres, to between 1.5 and 2 kilometres. Raymond Dalli and Troy Van Gorp were among those expressing agitation over the council “rushing“ to “rezone the tip“. “EPA’s two new draft guidelines on separation distances and landfill buffers will support informed land use decisions for and around industry and landfills,“ Mr Van Gorp said.
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“The proposed guidelines will support planning authorities, responsible authorities, industry, developers, the community and EPA. “This means planning decision makers will be required to consider the guidelines as relevant.“ Mr Dalli questioned why the “integral“ changes from the EPA has not resulted in council “deferring the adoption“ of the plan. Kim Murphy also emphasises the EPA buffer zone changes as having “fundamental impacts“ on the site. According to the council, the EPA did not recommend delaying adoption of the plan based on buffer guidelines to be introduced later this year.
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“The Development Plan has been prepared in consultation with the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and the Department of Transport and Planning (DTP),“ Ms Duff said. “The EPA have provided input into drafting and buffer maps contained in the Development Plan and both the EPA and DTP have not recommended the project be put on hold due to EPAs new draft guidelines that suggest a 1.5km - 2km landfill buffer. “The final outcome of the EPAs new draft guidelines is unknown, and until the guidelines are legislated, the Development Plan must rely on the current 500 metre buffer and the provisions of the Casey Planning Scheme.“ Continued page 8
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