By Helen Tatchell<\/p>\n
A notice of an application to amend a planning permit has been lodged with council, and residents in the area are not happy.
\nMaddingley Brown Coal Pty Ltd (MBC) has submitted the application to \u2018Amend the Wording\u2019 of Condition 11 and 21 on their permit, to enable putrescible waste to be accepted at the site.
\nCurrently the permit allows for Use and Development of the Land for a Landfill, Production of Soil and Soil Products (including Composting) and Works Associated with those Uses; Materials and Recycling (Metals and Construction and Demolition Waste) at 11 Tilleys Road in Maddingley.
\nAt the Ordinary Meeting of Council on 6 February, resident Mr Gerard Miller asked councillors to consider a greater distance than the 500-metre radius distribution of notices to residents, which he believes is \u201cinadequate.\u201d
\n\u201cThere are neighbours who live closer than me, and they don\u2019t have a notice. Can the notices be sent to at least a one-kilometre radius, or even two-kilometres, as this proposed amendment application will have a great effect on everyone in the area.
\n\u201cThe Grammar school didn\u2019t even know about it, and they are on the door step of the mine,\u201d Mr Miller said.
\nCouncil officers agreed to an extended mail out distance of one-kilometre.
\nAnother resident Bob Levy took to social media to inform residents of the proposed amendment and possible impact on the saleability of homes and land.
\n\u201cThe changes concern a larger area than the mail out reached.
\n\u201cI feel very confident in saying there will be a number of days each year where a greater than 2.5km distance will be impacted by odours and dust,\u201d Mr Levy said.
\nHowever, Hemla Reddy – on behalf of MBC – said in a letter (26 Oct 2018) to a Council officer that the amendment application submitted to Council requires no further engineering for the acceptance of municipal\/putrescible waste.
\n\u201cThe EPA-approved design for Cell 6, (EPA approval dated 22 March 2018), currently under construction, achieves the criteria of a Landfill BPEM (Best Practice Environmental Management Publication 788.3) Type 2 Landfill containment system, allowed to accept municipal\/putrescible waste,\u201d the letter read.
\nObjections to the application were due to expire on Tuesday 19 February, but due to the extra mail out advising further landowners of the application, the expiry date for objections will now be Tuesday 5 March 2019.
\nCouncil officers will then prepare a report on the amendment application with a recommendation to grant or refuse the amendment at a future council meeting.
\nMember for Melton Stephen McGhie told the Moorabool News he is aware of the application to amend the planning permit.
\n\u201cI have contacted the Minister for Planning Richard Wynne for more information, and am just waiting for a return response,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Putrescible \u2013 Liable to decay; \u2018putrescible domestic waste\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Helen Tatchell A notice of an application to amend a planning permit has been lodged with council, and residents in the area are not happy. Maddingley Brown Coal Pty Ltd (MBC) has submitted the application to \u2018Amend the Wording\u2019 of Condition 11 and 21 on their permit, to enable putrescible waste to be accepted […]<\/p>\n