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Used Lead Acid Battery (ULAB) recycling facility at Hazelwood North
Council to continue strong support and ensure community sentiments will be communicated with the government.
Council will continue to strongly advocate to the Minister for Planning to listen to the community. Council will write to the Minister demanding urgent action to reverse his decision to approve the Used Lead Acid Battery (ULAB) recycling facility at Hazelwood North.
Following extensive community consultation, Council rejected an application for a planning permit for the ULAB Recycling Facility noting that it did not meet the requirements of the Latrobe City Planning Scheme
Council expressed sympathy but no judicial review
At Council’s Special meeting tonight, Councillors expressed their ongoing frustration and disappointment about the ministerial intervention into this matter under the auspice of the government’s Development Facilitation Program. Council empathises with the community however, Latrobe City Council will not request a judicial review of the Victorian Planning Minister’s approval of Amendment C129 to the Latrobe Planning Scheme, which enables the ULAB facility to proceed.
Better health outcome for the Latrobe community?
Petitioners also requesting the government to prioritise the health, safety and wellbeing of Hazelwood North residents and the Latrobe Valley community, honouring their Health Innovation Zone commitment
Since receiving advice of the Planning Minister’s decision, Council has ensured that community sentiment relating to the health and environmental impacts of the approved facility have been communicated to the government. In past weeks, Council has written to the Premier of Victoria, along with Ministers for Health and Planning to seek an understanding why the State Government did not make any reference in the Latrobe Planning Scheme of the Health Innovation Zone when it was announced, given its commitment for better health outcomes for the Latrobe community.
ULAB Recycling Facility planning permit rejected
Petitioners requesting the government to revoke the planning approval of ULAB facility in Hazelwood
Last September following extensive community consultation, Council rejected an application for a planning permit for the ULAB Recycling Facility noting that it did not meet the requirements of the Latrobe City Planning Scheme. At tonight’s meeting, Council reconfirmed their stance on the planning permit and standby their decision.
Pictures from Hazelwood North 3840 Community Facebook page.
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