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GSV TR1996/1 - Melbourne Supply Area: Extractive Industry Interest Areas

GSV TR1996/1 - Melbourne Supply Area: Extractive Industry Interest Areas
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Please note This report has been superseded by GSV TR2003/2 - Melbourne Supply Area: Extractive Industry Interest Areas Review (see 'Related Products' below).

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Executive summary Quarries provide materials that have importance for all members of modern society. Sound management of extractive resources demands a careful balance between competing land uses to ensure that sufficient resources remain available for future generations at an affordable cost.

In 1993, the Department of Energy and Minerals released the first report designating the Extractive Industry Interest Areas (EIIAs) in the Melbourne Supply Area. This revised edition aims to facilitate the protection of stone resources by identifying EIIAs within the Melbourne Supply Area.

It has become necessary to revise the 1993 report to include:
  • new municipal boundaries resulting from restructuring of municipal councils,
  • changes to zoning patterns in some municipalities,
  • changes resulting from the Government decision to remove prohibition on extractive industry in non-urban areas,
  • adjustment to boundaries of EIIAs in response to submissions from industry, municipal councils and others, and
  • minor adjustments to the external boundary of the Melbourne Supply Area.

The EIIA designation is applied to land that has been identified as being likely to contain stone resources of sufficient quantity and quality to support a commercial extractive industry operation. This should in no way be taken as an indication that a quarry can be established as-of-right in these areas. Any proposal to establish an extractive industry will be considered in the context of the approvals process under the Planning and Environment Act 1987, where, for example, social and environmental factors are also fully considered.

The purpose of EIIAs is to:
  • provide a basis for the long term protection of stone resources from sterilisation by other land uses,
  • provide a basis for ensuring the long term availability of stone resources for use by the community and at minimal detriment to the environment,
  • assist in considering extractive industry values in long term strategic planning,
  • ensure that planning or responsible authorities consult with all relevant agencies about land use proposals which may impact on the reduction of stone resources within these areas, and
  • create an awareness that extractive industry is a possible land use in these areas.

EIIAs do not:
  • provide statutory protection for stone resources,
  • allow extractive industry as-of-right, unless specified in a planning scheme,
  • imply that future extractive industry will be confined to these areas, or
  • preclude the use and development of land for other purposes.

This report has been incorporated into the State Section of all planning schemes and therefore, in accordance with the requirements of the State Section:
  • planning authorities, when preparing planning scheme amendments within the designated EIIAs, should consider the impacts any land use proposal or zoning changes may have on the continuing availability of stone resources, and consult with the Department administering the Extractive Industries Development Act 1995 on these matters, and
  • responsible authorities, before considering a planning permit application that, if approved, would introduce residential land uses, rural residential land uses or land uses with residential or rural residential components within designated EIIAs, must give notice of an application to the Department administering the Extractive Industries Development Act 1995.

The above provisions will ensure that any proposed land uses which may reduce the availability of stone resources are considered in accordance with Government policies and that any decision is made in the interest of the whole community.

The EIIAs are presented as a series of eight maps, together with written descriptions of the local resource and also indicate those areas where extractive industries are unlikely to be permitted under current planning provisions.

A total of 15 Extractive Industry Interest Area groupings, lying within the Melbourne Supply Area, are identified and described.

Recommendations:
  • Further investigations, including drilling, should be encouraged within EIIAs as presented in this report in order to further refine the stone potential within these areas.
  • A review of the effectiveness of the EIIA model should be conducted on an ongoing basis.
  • Municipal councils should be encouraged to further integrate the EIIAs into local strategy plans.
  • Non-geological criteria used for refining the EIIAs should be regularly reviewed to incorporate improved information and changing community values.

Bibliographic reference Olshina, A. & Jiricek, F., 1996. Melbourne Supply Area - Extractive Industry Interest Areas. Geological Survey of Victoria Technical Record 1996/1. Geological Survey of Victoria.

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