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31 July, 2022
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APPROVAL has been refused to build a house on an 83-hectare farm. Loddon Shire councillors on Tuesday rejected the recommendation of its statutory planning co-ordinator Louise Johnston for a permit for a house to be built near Newbridge. Cr Lind...
APPROVAL has been refused to build a house on an 83-hectare farm.
Loddon Shire councillors on Tuesday rejected the recommendation of its statutory planning co-ordinator Louise Johnston for a permit for a house to be built near Newbridge.
Cr Linda Jungwirth said the application by Darryn and Michelle Phinn was contrary to legislation to protect agricultural land and the land size less than the minimum 100 hectares to build a home on under council’s planning regulations.
Council at its earlier briefing had considered two objections to the application with farm and land management plans.
Ms Johnston’s recommendation had included that the Phinns acknowledged “owners and occupiers of the land are aware that extractive industry and agricultural land uses exist in the immediate area and adjacent to the site that may adversely affect the amenity of the land through the emission of noise, dust, odour, blasting impacts, visual amenity and the movement of vehicles including trucks up to 24 hours per day, seven days per week”.
Acknowledgement would also have been required that those businesses could expand.
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