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Ordinary Council Meeting – Agenda 16 February 2009
11 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
11.1 PLANNING SERVICES
11.1.1 FINAL ADOPTION OF PROPOSED TPS8 AMENDMENT NO. 14
File No: TS/2/4/14
Attachment(s) 1. Four [4] submissions
i. Department of Water ii. Water Corporation iii.
Department of Indigenous Affairs iv. Department for
Planning and Infrastructure, State Land Services
2.TPS8 Amendment No. 14 amendment document
Responsible Officer: Bob Sharkey
Executive Manager Development Services
Author Name: Patrick Mcclure
Senior Planning Officer
Disclosure of Interest: Nil
REPORT PURPOSE
For Council to consider the final adoption of the Shire of Roebourne Town Planning
Scheme No. 8 (TPS8) Amendment No. 14 to add the 20.09ha portion of unallocated Crown
land (UCL) adjacent to the Cape Lambert railway (Crown Lease I123393) to TPS8
Appendix No. 6 Additional Use Table with the nominated use being „Industry-Noxious‟ and
to amend the Scheme maps accordingly in order to facilitate the development of a Class 1
and 2 landfill site to service Rio TInto Iron Ore‟s [RTIO] operations at Cape Lambert.
Background
The proposed Scheme amendment was prepared by Whelans Town Planning Consultants
on behalf of RTIO to enable the creation of a Class 1 & 2 landfill site to service the waste
disposal requirements of the companies operations in the region. The parcel of land is UCL
measuring 20.09ha and is located approximately 1km north of the Wickham townsite.
The predominant materials proposed to be deposited as landfill are iron ore fines, scrap
metals and general solid wastes with other negligible amounts of industrial waste,
demolition waste, rock, sand, green waste and visibly contaminated waste (batteries, tar,
aerosols, drums etc). The location of the landfill site exceeds the minimum buffer distance
prescribed by Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) guidelines, being a minimum of
500m from any residential land use (Class 2 landfill).
At the September 2009 Ordinary meeting Council carried Resolution No14460:
That Council resolve, in accordance with the provisions of the Planning & Development Act
and Regulations, to initiate an amendment to Town Planning Scheme No 8 to add the
additional use, “Industry-Noxious”, to Schedule 6 of TPS8, for the land identified for
development and use for land-fill waste disposal on Plan PDE0054936v1.
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