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) 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.

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

Environmental Assessment Report and EPA Decision

The environmental assessment report (EAR) has now been completed and can be viewed below. The report contains the Environment Protection Notice with conditions required by the Board.

 Gowing Bros Limited, Logie Farm Quarry, Increase in Processing Capacity and Addition of Blasting, Richmond and Orielton - EAR (PDF 2Mb)