Gowing Bros Limited, Logie Farm Quarry, Increase in Processing Capacity and Addition of Blasting, Richmond and Orielton

​The Proposal

Gowing Bros Limited is requesting to increase processing capacity from 5,000 m³ pa to 15,000 m³ pa and proposing to conduct intermittent blasting at the Logie Farm Quarry. The site is located at 440 Prossers Road Richmond and 59 Logie Farm Road, Orielton, approximately 4 kilometres northeast of Richmond. The site straddles two council boundaries (Sorell and Clarence City Councils).

The proposal does not involve a production increase from the currently permitted 15,000 m³ in extraction per year in materials handling.

This proposal involves blasting at the existing mining leases (1722P/M and 2044P/M) to enable the continued extraction of dolerite, to be used as road base, and to create benching for safety purposes.​

The proponent has lodged a Permit Application with a supporting Environmental Effects Report (EER) to Sorell and Clarence City Councils.

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).​

​Development Application

This proposal was referred directly by Clarence City Council (DA 2025/056817) on 7 November 2025 and Sorell Council (DA 2025/302) on 10 November 2025 and therefore a Notie of Intent (NOI) was not required.​

Public Exhibition of Documentation

A copy of the permit application and all plans and other documentation submitted with the permit application (including the EER) are available for public inspection and may be examined during normal business hours at:

Clarence City Council
38 Bligh Street
ROSNY PARK   TAS   7018

or

Sorell City Council
47 Cole Street
SORELL   TAS   7271​

For assistance in accesing copies of the EER, please contact:

Byron Gowings
Email: byron@gowings.com.au
Mobile: 0488 166 205​

Public Representations

In accordance with s.57(5) of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 (LUPAA), any person may make a representation relating to the permit application (including the EER) from Saturday 10 January 2026 to Monday 09 February 2026 in writing to:

The General Manager

Clarence City Council
PO Box 96
ROSNY PARK   TAS   7018

or by emailing the General Manager at: clarence@ccc.tas.gov.au​

​Or

The General Manager

Sorell Council
PO Box 126
SORELL   TAS   7172​

or by emailing the General Manager at: sorell.council@sorell.tas.gov.au​

Please note that your correspondence may be publicly disclosed unless there is legitimate commercial, national security or environmental reason for confidentiality. If you would like your correspondence to remain confidential, please make a statement to that effect and indicate the basis for the request.

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.

 Gowing Bros Limited, Logie Farm Quarry, Increase in Processing Capacity and Addition of Blasting, Richmond and Orielton - EER (PDF 79Mb)