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Mt Elephant, landmark, National and International tourist attraction of the Western District of Victoria,
and the gateway to the KANAWINKA Global Geopark,
is under attack from yet another Quarry.On the 25th August 2009 Corangamite Shire Council passed a Planning Permit to allow the opening of a new Quarry on the boundary of Mt Elephant.The planning permit allows for the existing unused Shire quarry to be used as a platform to start a new quarry on the NW boundary of the Mount, even though the Mount and Shire Quarry is covered by a Shire designated Significant Landscape Overlay (SLO)
This ruling by the Corangamite Shire is now the subject of a Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) appeal.
APRIL 8th 2010
VCAT ORDER
1. The Decision of the Responsible Authority is set aside.
2. In Permit Application P2009/026, NO Permit is granted.
Derrinallum, Victoria, Australia
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