Current Stage
Assessment Completed
Proposal Details
Client: Cresswells Transport and Quarrying Pty Ltd
Premises: Exton Quarry
Activity: a quarry and materials handling
Class of Assessment: 2B
Important Dates
Assessment Commenced: 31/1/2022
Case for Assessment Opened for Public Comment: 8/11/2025
Case for Assessment Closed for Public Comment: 8/12/2025
Assessment Completed: 6/3/2026
The Proposal
Exton Quarry is a hard rock quarry which uses
drill and blast techniques to extract dolerite rock. The shot rock is processed
using mobile crushers and screens to produce aggregates and gravels for sale.
The proposal is to increase extraction and processing to 50 000 cubic metres
per annum.
The proponent has lodged a Permit Application with a supporting Environmental Effects Report (EER) to Meander Valley Council.
The application was referred to the Board of the Environment Protection Authority (the Board) for assessment under the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 (EMPCA).
Notice of Intent
Cresswells Transport and Quarrying Pty Ltd, Exton Quarry Capacity Increase, Porters Bridge Road, Exton - NOI (PDF 1Mb)
Environmental Effects Report Guidelines
EER Guidelines have been prepared by the Board to assist the proponent to prepare a case for assessment. Based on the information contained in the Notice of Intent, the guidelines identify the key issues which are expected to be relevant to the assessment of the proposal.
Cresswells Transport and Quarrying Pty Ltd, Exton Quarry Capacity Increase, Porters Bridge Road, Exton - EER Guidelines (PDF 604Kb)
Public Exhibition of Documentation
A copy of the permit application and all plans and other documentation submitted with the permit application (including the EER) were made available for public inspection. The public consultation period has now closed.
Environmental Effects Report
The purpose of the EER is to provide a source of information upon which interested individuals, groups, government agencies and the Board may consider the environmental impacts of the proposal.
The EER was prepared by the proponent on the basis of the Project Specific Guidelines for preparation of an EER which were provided by the Board.
Cresswells Transport and Quarrying Pty Ltd, Exton Quarry Capacity Increase, Porters Bridge Road, Exton - EER (PDF 2Mb)
Cresswells Transport and Quarrying Pty Ltd, Exton Quarry Capacity Increase, Porters Bridge Road, Exton - Appendices (PDF 42Mb)
Environmental Assessment Report and EPA Decision
The environmental assessment report (EAR) has now been completed and can be viewed below. The report contains the permit conditions required by the Board to be included in the land use permit, if a permit is granted, by Council.
Cresswells Transport and Quarrying Pty Ltd, Exton Quarry Capacity Increase, Porters Bridge Road, Exton - EAR (PDF 3Mb)