Zoe Moffatt
Hume Council has voted to refuse a planning permit for a transfer station and dwelling in Bulla.
At its meeting on Monday 28 March, council rejected the development as the applicant did not provide enough information and the proposal did not meet the condition that the land must not be used to collect, store or process used construction materials.
The application proposed to use 80 Blackwells Lane, Bulla, to build a transfer station, a new dwelling and to convert the existing dwelling into an office.
Jacksons Creek Ward councillor Jarrod Bell said the development did not fit the council’s planning scheme and was not appropriate.
“When applications come to us and they are clearly not fit for purpose and they don’t do the job that we need them to do, it is only right that we say no,” Cr Bell said.
Deputy Mayor Karen Sherry agreed with Cr Bell and said it was a “no brainer” to reject the plan.
“You cannot put a waste transfer station in the Green Wedge Zone,” Cr Sherry said.
“Although you can put a residential dwelling [there], you can’t put a transfer station.”
The officer’s report said the application was not advertised but the surrounding community became aware of the proposal after unauthorised activities were carried out on the site.
After the proposal became public, 27 objections were lodged with council.
