PUBLIC EXHIBITION
MODIFICATION OF DESIGNATED & NOMINATED INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL
MA2025/0032 – Bentley Quarry
1465 Bentley Road, Bentley
under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (the Act)
Notice is given that a Modification Application MA2025/0032 has been lodged for an Extractive Industry at 1465 Bentley Road, Bentley. Bentley Quarry was approved on 16 December 2022 by the Northern Regional Planning Panel for an extractive industry with a capacity of up to 300,000 tonnes per annum. The development is Designated and Nominated Integrated Development. The application will be on exhibition from 1 August 2025 to 28 August 2025, both dates inclusive.
Modification Application No. – MA2025/0032
Applicant’s Name – Rob McKenzie on behalf of R & S Contracting Pty Ltd
Description of the Land – Lot 2 DP 1196757, 1465 Bentley Road, Bentley
Description of the Development – Modification to an Extractive Industry comprising the following;
• Amendment of Condition 60(b)(ii). This condition restricts the hours of trucks entering or exiting the quarry (for one hour at peak school pick up and one hour at peak school drop off times). It is proposed to amend the condition to restrict trucks entering or exiting the quarry for 15 minutes at peak school pick up and 15 minutes at peak school drop off times.
• Delete Condition 107. This condition sets out requirements for the establishment, purpose, and operation of a Community Consultative Advisory Committee. Rather than having the community consultative advisory committee, it is proposed Bentley Quarry provides regular updates about its operations on the website, including monitoring data, complaints, compliance documents and Annual Reports, as per Condition 106.
Consent Authority – Northern Regional Planning Panel
Designated Development – The development is classified as Designated Development as defined in Schedule 3 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000, as an extractive industry with an intended capacity of more than 30,000 cubic metres of material per year and disturbing a total surface area of more than 2 hectares of land.
Nominated Integrated Development – The development is classified as Nominated Integrated Development pursuant to Section 4.46 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 requiring the approvals from the following relevant approval bodies:
Environmental Protection Authority under Section 53 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997.
Transport for NSW under Section 138 of the Roads Act 1993.
Exhibition Period – the application will be on exhibition from 1 August 2025 to 28 August 2025, both dates inclusive.
Access this applications details and Exhibition documents via https://apptracker.richmondvalley.nsw.gov.au/applicationsview/
Submissions – Any person may make a written submission to the Consent Authority during the exhibition period by sending it to Richmond Valley Council by:
post to — Locked Bag 10 CASINO NSW 2470
email to — council@richmondvalley.nsw.gov.au
hand delivery—at either of Council’s Customer Service Centres in Casino or Evans Head
online submission —by completing an on-line submission form via Council’s website.
Submissions received will be considered as part of the assessment of the development application. If a submission is made by way of objection, the grounds of objection must be specified in the submission. All submissions will be treated as public documents.
NSW Local Government and Planning legislation requires the public disclosure of donations or gifts made in the two years preceding the application by anyone lodging or commenting on development proposals. Disclosure statements are available from Council’s Customer Service Centres or its website.
Unless the Independent Planning Commission has conducted a public hearing, a person may appeal to the Land and Environment Court if the person makes a submission by way of objection and is dissatisfied with the determination of the consent authority to grant development consent. If the Independent Planning Commission conducts a public hearing, the Commission’s determination of the application is final and not subject to appeal.