Ballarat Gold Mine Application PLP/2022/6044

The City of Ballarat has received the Health Impact Assessment from the applicant, acting on behalf of the Ballarat Gold Mine, responding to concerns received from objectors regarding a planning application for a tailings' storage facility at the Woolshed Gully Drive, Mount Clear site.  

A community information session is scheduled for 19 June 2023 at the Mercure Ballarat, 613 Main Road, Golden Point. The session will run from 4.30pm - 6.30pm.  

While this is not a statutory requirement of the assessment process, given the nature of the issues raised by objectors, Ballarat Gold Mine has offered to host this session in order to respond to objectors’ concerns.    

People that have previously submitted a response to the application will receive notification of the information session. Any member of the community may also attend the information session, provided they register.  

If you wish to attend the information session, please confirm your attendance by close of business 15 June 2023 by e-mail to planninginfo@ballarat.vic.gov.au or phone 03 5320 5640. Confirmation will be passed onto Ballarat Gold Mine as the host of the event.

Community members can still make a formal submission to the application, via the City of Ballarat’s e-services portal so that their concerns may be considered through the planning process.

The full application including the Health Impact Assessment can be viewed at the City of Ballarat’s e-services portal here. Once you have accessed the portal go to:

• Town Planning  
• View advertised applications and registers, and then  
• Planning Applications Currently on Advertising

Background to Application PLP/2022/644

The Ballarat Gold Mine applied for buildings and works for the development of a new tailings storage facility, associated with the land use of earth and energy resources industry and creation of access, to the City of Ballarat on 26 August 2022.  

The City of Ballarat continues to assess a planning application for the development of a new tailings' storage facility at the Ballarat Gold Mine (PLP/2022/644) and an officer report and recommendation will soon be prepared.

Any decision regarding the application would likely be considered by Council at a future Delegated Planning Committee meeting and all stakeholders will be notified.