Quarry nod includes roadwork upgrade

About 50,000cu m of limestone will be extracted each year from a site north of Myalup following local government planning approval.

Harvey Shire Council has consented to the application for an extension of the work being undertaken by mining and transport company B&J Catalano.

Two lots on Ludlow Road in Myalup, about 20km north-west of Harvey, have a combined area of 143ha and about 20ha will be used for extracting limestone.

Planning consent was first granted in March 2010 and an extractive industry licence was issued in November 2011.

The expiry of that planning approval forced B&J Catalano to reapply and the application was unanimously agreed to at Tuesday night's council meeting.

The fresh application noted that about 50 per cent of the limestone resource onsite had already been extracted.

Ludlow Road's construction and maintenance has been a requirement of previous planning approvals and it was noted by the council that requesting a financial contribution from the applicant for the road was not appropriate.

The landowner, who is separate to the company, has an expired gate licence that will be reapplied for to turn Ludlow Road into a private access way.

The maintenance and upkeep of Ludlow Road becoming the sole responsibility of the licence holder is among new planning conditions.

Shire president Tania Jackson said such industries were an important part of the shire.

"We have got major resources all along the coast," she said.

"The upgrade of the road requires some work in partnership with the proponents involved and that appears to have been accepted by all players, so council's issues were appeased."

Among the other planning conditions imposed were extraction distance limits around native trees, no clearing or damage to native bushland, no vehicle repairs or maintenance taking place onsite and another reapplication being required if work was not completed in the next five years.

No objections were lodged among the eight submissions received, including from Western Power and government departments, in a three-week public comment period,