Planning Amendment C100gpla- Golden Plains WF- May 2022

24th May 2022, DELWP Source: https://planning-schemes.app.planning.vic.gov.au/Golden%20Plains/amendments/C100gpla Amendment Summary Description Please Note: The description below is a brief summary of the proposed amendment. To verify content of the final approved amendment see the Explanatory Report. Amend the Golden Plains Planning Scheme to incorporate an Incorporated Document pursuant to the Specific Controls Overlay to provide planning permission … Continue reading Planning Amendment C100gpla- Golden Plains WF- May 2022 →

Golden Plains WF Approved

“This is a massive piece of infrastructure being built in Victoria and the public hasn’t seen the final plans.” “What we do know is there will be 215 turbines squeezed into a space where the minister previously told them to accommodate 181.” ~Dominica Tannock

Brolga Backer-Hamish Cumming

Brolga backer eyes new wind farm case 14th August, 2021 By Chad Van Estrop, Geelong Advertiser Farmer Hamish Cumming at a brolga flocking site near his property in Darlington, and (far left) brolgas, which he says will be impacted by the proposed Golden Plains wind farm. Pictures: David Geraghty, Aaron Francis A LONG-TIME opponent of … Continue reading Brolga Backer-Hamish Cumming →

Wind Farm Builder Donates To Victorian Labor Party

Wind farm builder donates to Victorian Labor Party as $2b project awaits green light 20th April, 2021 By Michael Fowler, The Age Two companies awaiting state approval to build Australia’s biggest wind farm donated money to the Victorian Labor Party last month, following years of court battles and lobbying the state to sign off on … Continue reading Wind Farm Builder Donates To Victorian Labor Party →

$2bn Wind Farm; Permit Changes?

Key changes wanted to $2bn wind farm 23rd December, 2020 By Chad Van Estrop, Geelong Advertiser THE developer of a $2bn wind farm planned for northwest of Geelong wrote to landowners telling them it wanted to expand the project before Australia’s highest court decided it could proceed. The 228-turbine Golden Plains wind farm at Rokewood … Continue reading $2bn Wind Farm; Permit Changes? →

Battling Spin For Brolgas

"...brolgas are not breeding within 5km of wind farms in Victoria."- Hamish Cumming.

Wind Farm Legal Fight

'A group, including affected farmers, will take on planning minister Richard Wynne and the project's proponent West-wind Energy at trial after the $1.5 billion Golden Plains wind farm northwest of Geelong was ticked off by the state and federal governments.

Objector Hamish Cumming, and Rokewood farmers Adam Walton and Kellie Walton, who are also behind the challenge, say the number of turbines included in the project should be reduced from 228 to about 130 to protect the brolga bird that breed in the area.'-Chad Van Estrop-Geelong Advertiser.