LANDSCAPE: The proposed stone extraction business is within a farming zone, with the subject site south of Pollards Road, west of Hearns and Mt Buller Road and east of Stoneys Road, with complaints made that the site and its operations will be visible on the approach to Mt Buller and Mt Stirling. There are five proposed extraction sites, ranging in size from just over half a hectare to around one hectare, totaling 4.32 hectares over the 93.84 hectare property. The intention is to remove rocks with an excavator to a depth of two metres.
A LANDHOLDER seeking the go-ahead for a proposed stone extraction operation in Boorolite has taken the Mansfield Shire Council to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) with representatives from both attending a practice day hearing in Melbourne last Friday,
Council had determined not to support the application, refusing planning for the business at 138 Hearns Road on land that has ...
