Geological Survey of Victoria Technical Record 1998/6
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Geological Survey of Victoria Technical Record 1998/6 Bendigo Supply Area - Extractive Industry Interest Areas A. Olshina and F. Jiricek Bibliographic reference: Olshina, A. & Jiricek, F., 1998. Bendigo Supply Area - Extractive Industry Interest Areas. Geological Survey of Victoria. Technical Record 1998/6 Crown (State of Victoria) Copyright 1998 Geological Survey of Victoria ISSN 1324 0307 ISBN 0 7306 7925 X Keywords: extractive industry quarry planning Bendigo Victoria This report may be purchased from: Business Centre, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Eighth Floor, 240 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, VIC 3002 For further technical information contact: Manager, Geological Survey, Department of Natural Resources and Environment P O Box 500 East Melbourne, VIC 3002 Acknowledgments: R. Buckley, V. Dods, V. Gaedke, G. Hamilton and C. Wilman (NRE) for facilitating the consultative process and for input into the contents of the report; City of Greater Bendigo staff provided the planning overlay and R. Chan, K. Dixon, P. Dunlop, P. Elvey, M. Emmit, J. Haigh, B. James, J. Mills, C. Prowse, R. Thompson and R. Youl provided information on the nature and potential of various deposits in the area. Cover photo: Groundwater information was provided by Sinclair Knight Merz.K. Inan provided the Granite outcrops within the Harcourt statistical information. Granodiorite, Harcourt North. Bendigo Supply Area - Extractive Industry Interest Areas Executive summary Quarries provide materials such as clay, sand and rock that have importance for all members of our society. Good management of such resources demands a careful balance of competing land uses to ensure that such resources remain available for future generations at an affordable cost. The decision to identify stone resources in the Bendigo area has been made because: S Bendigo is an important industrial centre dependent on locally derived extractive industry resources which are used as raw material for the manufacturing industry ; and, S Bendigo is also a regional centre with a substantial population, and an important user of quarry products, including sand, gravel and aggregate. This study aims to facilitate protection of stone resources by identifying Extractive Industry Interest Areas (EIIA) within the City of Greater Bendigo and selected nearby areas (the Bendigo Supply Area). This report has been produced in consultation with industry groups and relevant Government agencies, and will provide a base for identification and protection of stone resources in the Bendigo area. The Extractive Industry Interest Area 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 would be considered in the context of the assessment process under the Planning and Environment Act 1987, where, for example, social and environmental factors are considered. The purpose of EIIAs is to: S provide a basis for the long term protection of stone resources from sterilisation by other land uses; S provide a basis for ensuring the long term availability of stone resources for use by the community and at minimal detriment to the environment; S assist in considering extractive industry values in long term strategic planning; S 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 S create an awareness that extractive industry is a possible land use in these areas. Geological Survey of V I C T O R I A - i - Bendigo Supply Area - Extractive Industry Interest Areas EIIAs do not: S provide statutory protection for stone resources; S allow extractive industry as-of-right, unless specified in a planning scheme; S imply that future extractive industry will be confined to these areas or; S preclude the use and development of land for other purposes. It is intended that this report will be form part of the Local Planning Policy Framework of the Greater Bendigo Planning Scheme so that: S planning authorities, when preparing planning scheme amendments within the designated EIIAs, consider the impacts any land use proposal or zoning changes may have on the continuing availability of stone resources, and consult with the Secretary of the Department administering the Extractive Industries Development Act 1995 on these matters; and S 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, give notice of an application to the Secretary of 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. The EIIAs are presented on a 1:100 000 scale map, together with brief descriptions of the local resource and also an indication of areas where extractive industries are unlikely to be permitted under current planning provisions. Geological Survey of V I C T O R I A - ii - Bendigo Supply Area - Extractive Industry Interest Areas CONTENTS PAGE Executive summary i 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Aim 1 1.2 Definition of Extractive Industry Interest Areas 1 2. Industry overview 2 2.1 Importance of extractive industries 2 2.2 Extractive industry 5 2.3 Stone in the Bendigo Supply Area 5 3. Methodology 7 3.1 Study area 7 3.2 Study approach 8 4. Protection of stone resources 9 4.1 Extractive Industries Interest Areas and the planning system 10 5. Planning and Environment Act 1987 10 6. New format planning schemes 11 6.1 Introduction 11 6.2 Consistency of planning controls throughout the State 12 6.3 A focus on strategic planning 12 7. Extractive industry operations on Crown Land 12 8. Geology 13 8.1 Geology of the Extractive Industry Interest Areas 13 8.2 Extractive Industry Interest Areas descriptions 19 9. Recommendations 22 10. References 23 Appendix 1 Extractive industry operations, Bendigo Supply Area, June 1998 25 Figures 1 Location map - Bendigo Supply Area (BSA) 3 2 Value of BSA extractive industries production 4 3 Tonnage of BSA extractive industries production 7 4 Simplified geology of the Greater Bendigo Municipality 14 Tables 1 Extractive industry operations in the BSA, 1998 7 2 Secondary minerals in Newer Volcanics basalt 15 Map 1 Extractive Industry Interest Areas, Bendigo Supply Area back of report Geological Survey of V I C T O R I A iii Bendigo Supply Area - Extractive Industry Interest Areas Glossary BSA Bendigo Supply Area NRE Natural Resources and Environment EIIA Extractive Industry Interest Area ENRC Environment and Natural Resources Committee LPPF Local Planning Policy Framework MPV Minerals and Petroleum Victoria (a unit of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment) SPPF State Planning Policy Framework VPP Victoria Planning Provisions Geological Survey of V I C T O R I A iv Bendigo Supply Area - Extractive Industry Interest Areas 1. Introduction 1.1 Aim This report provides information and makes recommendations to assist the City of Greater Bendigo, government agencies and the community in strategic planning for identification and protection of stone resources. The application of this information and the implementation of the recommendations will ensure the future supply of quarry products at a cost that is acceptable to the community. The information is presented as a series of prospective areas or Extractive Industry Interest Areas (EIIAs), located within the Bendigo Supply Area (BSA). This is an area within the borders of the City of Greater Bendigo, and some additional selected areas relevant to the supply of quarry products to the Bendigo area (see Fig. 1). EIIA designation will ensure that the City of Greater Bendigo consider the impact of proposed land uses on availability of stone resources and potential extractive industry operations. It is intended that the final version of this report will be referenced in the Local Planning Policy Framework of the Greater Bendigo planning scheme. 1.2 Definition of Extractive Industry Interest Areas The BSA is the third area in Victoria where EIIAs have been identified. This work follows the work of Buckley et al (1993), Olshina & Jiricek (1996) and Olshina & Jiricek (1997) in the Melbourne and Ballarat Supply Areas respectively. EIIA designation is applied to land which has been identified as being likely to contain stone resources of sufficient quantity and quality to support a commercial extractive industry operation and which has limited environmental and/or social constraints to the establishment of such operations. The purpose of the EIIAs is to: S provide a basis for the long term protection of stone resources from sterilisation by inappropriate land uses; S provide a basis for ensuring the long term availability of stone resources for use by the community and at minimal detriment to the environment; S assist in considering extractive industry values in long term strategic planning as well as local strategy plans; S 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 Geological Survey of V I C T O R I A - 1 - Bendigo Supply Area - Extractive Industry Interest Areas S create awareness that extractive industry is a possible land use in these areas. EIIAs do not: S provide statutory protection for stone resources; S allow extractive industry as-of-right unless specified in a planning scheme; S imply that future extractive industry will be confined to these areas; or S preclude the use and development of land for other purposes. Stone resources within EIIAs are identified at a regional scale, or, at best, to an 'inferred' level.