PLANNING
Mt Fyans Wind Farm Planning Application
You can view the Mt Fyans Wind Farm Planning Application online now.
The Planning Application includes detailed technical and environmental assessments across a range of topics to assess the potential impacts of the project.
Planning Permit Panel
The public hearing will start on Monday 3 April 2023. It will be held by both video conference, and in person on select days. Follow the link to find out more about the Mt Fyans Wind Farm Planning Permit Panel.
Planning and developing Mt Fyans Wind Farm
The Mt Fyans Wind Farm project is currently progressing through its planning approvals stage.
In 2018, the project submitted a planning permit application under Victoria’s Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the Moyne Shire Planning Scheme following the completion of extensive environmental, technical and heritage surveys in the proposed project area.
Following submission of the project’s planning application, the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) advised the project that additional environmental studies were required.
The project was referred to the Commonwealth Government’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, due to the presence of the Southern Bent-wing Bat and 21 other listed species or communities that are Matters of National Environmental Significance (MNES).
Further studies were conducted to support both this assessment and satisfaction of the Victorian Planning Minister’s decision that an Environmental Effects Statement was not required.
Once environmental studies required for both processes are complete, the amended planning application will be submitted, and both sets of documents will be assessed before the project is publicly exhibited by DELWP.