Published on Thursday, 23 November 2023 at 12:00:00 PM
The City of Vincent is supporting the relocation of two privately-owned concrete batching plants in Claisebrook.
The Hanson and Holcim concrete batching plants have operated at 71 Edward Street and 120 Claisebrook Road since the early 2000s. These sites were intended to be temporary.
The State Government development approval for both expires on 30 June 2024.
Council agreed to offer to facilitate the relocation of the two plants at its 21 November meeting.
Hanson has proposed to move from Claisebrook to the City of Vincent Works Depot at 1 Linwood Court, Osborne Park subject to development approval from the City of Stirling.
The company will pay for Vincent’s depot relocation to a Western Power site at 11 John Xxiii Avenue, Mt Claremont.
Vincent’s parks, engineering and waste teams are currently based at the depot in Osborne Park.
The State Government has agreed to hand over the management of a portion of the Western Power site to Vincent in June 2024 subject to the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage’s normal due diligence and statutory referral process.
Holcim received development approval to upgrade an existing site in Welshpool but construction has not started. The company is asking the State Government to extend their stay at Claisebrook for seven years.
Holcim's concrete batching plant.
“We are supporting our community’s wishes to move these concrete batching plants out of the City of Vincent,” said Mayor Alison Xamon.
“The plants have been located in the residential area for more than 20 years so moving them on is not before time.
“They continue to impact the health and amenity of the community through high levels of dust and noise from the constant heavy truck movements.
“The relocation will be a relief to long-standing and new residents who have been promised an end to this historical planning anomaly, which allowed industrial batching plants to operate in a mixed-use area.
“We are grateful for the support from our local State MP and Lands, Housing and Planning Minister, Hon. John Carey on this proposal.”
Ms Xamon said the sites were prime locations for high density, mixed-use, inner-city transit oriented development.
“Our newly-adopted North Claisebrook Planning Framework allows for developments up to 23 storeys in the area,” she said.
“The area is very suitable for high density as it is close to the Claisebrook and East Perth train stations and has convenient access to the CBD, Perth Airport, Optus Stadium and HBF Park.
“We would like to see diverse and affordable housing options for students at the future Edith Cowan University CBD campus and the new East Perth Primary School and essential workers at Royal Perth Hospital.”
Vincent will develop a non-binding Heads of Agreement with Hanson and prepare a business plan on the plant relocation to 1 Linwood Court and the depot’s move to Mount Claremont.
Both documents will go back to Council for approval at a future meeting.
Vincent will also discuss the potential purchase of 120 Claisebrook Road with Holcim to facilitate a high-density mixed-used transit oriented development in accordance with the North Claisebrook Planning Framework.
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