Petition against the Casey Council for Approval of Waste Transfer Station Without EPA Endorsement!

Today, our community faces a shocking and deeply unjust decision by Casey Council to approve a waste transfer station at 290 Hallam Road, right in Hampton Park. This decision was made without the endorsement of the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) — the very agency responsible for safeguarding our health and environment. How can our Council move forward with a project of this scale without a full EPA assessment?
This rushed approval, hidden from public notice and stripped of our right to appeal, raises serious questions about transparency, accountability, and whose interests are truly being served here. Our voices have been sidelined, our rights ignored, and the safety of our community put at risk.
This isn’t just a procedural failure; it’s an outright dismissal of our community’s welfare. Casey Council must answer for this alarming oversight. We will not stand quietly while decisions impacting our health and environment are pushed through without due process.

The proposed facility is within 250 metres of family homes and in the middle of densely populated areas. Residents of surrounding suburbs have not been properly informed, and those who have are extremely concerned about the severe, adverse environmental and social impacts of processing 550,000 tonnes of putrescible and inert waste per annum. Over 1,000 objections were received but largely ignored by the Casey Council and Administrators. On 12 August 2024, the EPA introduced new buffer and separation distance guidelines to protect the health and safety of residents, which the City of Casey override with permit conditions.

The petitioners, therefore, request that Casey Council ensure that a waste transfer station is not constructed in the South-Eastern Metropolitan region by overturning the approval of planning permit application PA23/0694, rejecting development license application APP032219, and investigating the processes that have led to the planning permit application being approved by the City of Casey.

For more info please visit
01. https://www.lawhelpaustralia.org.au/news-updates/casey-council-approves-waste-transfer-station-without-epa-endorsement/
02. https://web.facebook.com/LynbrookResidentsAssociation