Clearing permit applications for public comment
When we accept applications for clearing permits under the Environmental Protection Act 1986, we publish them here for public comment. The types of applications that are listed in the table below include:
- applications for new clearing permits (including those seeking concurrent assessment using the assessment bilateral agreement after a referral under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth))
- amendment applications other than those that are purely administrative.
Referrals of proposed clearing and applications to surrender or transfer an existing clearing permit are not available for public comment.
Applications related to mineral and petroleum activities go to the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS). Those applications are available for comment on the DMIRS website.
Submissions
Please send your submissions on the applications listed below before the specified closing date.
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Alternatively you may send your submissions via post to:
Native Vegetation Regulation
Department of Water and Environmental Regulation
Locked Bag 10
Joondalup DC, WA 6919
The application documents are available for comment via the links below.
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Permit Holder | Location Details | LGA | Permit Type | Clearing Purpose | Size (ha) | Submissions Closing Date | Bilateral Agreement | Documents | Clearing Permit System link |
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BHP Nickel West Pty Ltd | Lease K173678 and Lot 13 on Deposited Plan 48932, Feysville | CITY OF KALGOORLIE-BOULDER | Purpose | Construction of a waste rock buttress | 20.51 | 14/03/2025 | No | ||
Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale | Karnup Road reserve (PIN 11608039, 11608040), Hopeland | Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale | Area | Road safety upgrades | 21 Trees | 12/03/2025 | No | ||
Phosphate Resources Limited | Multiple land parcels, Christmas Island | Shire of Christmas Island | Purpose | Stockpile recovery, phosphate mining and rehabilitation. | 221 | 10/03/2025 | No | ||
Evan Rutherford | Lot 162 on Deposited Plan 202726, Hopeland, | Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale | Area | Hazard reduction and agriculture | 4.98 | 07/03/2025 | No | ||
Phosphate Resources Limited trading as Christmas Island Phosphates | Mining Tenement MCI 70/1A, Christmas Island | Shire of Christmas Island | Purpose | Application to amend - extend the duration of the permit, amend permit conditions and add the purpose of rehabilitation - stockpile recovery, insitu phosphate mining and rehabilitation | 173.1 | 06/03/2025 | No | ||
City of Busselton | Hairpin Road reserve (PIN 11471113) and Kaloorup Road reserve (PIN 11471096), Jindong | City of Busselton | Purpose | Road upgrades | 87 Trees | 06/03/2025 | No | ||
Mr David Brown | Lot 122 on Deposited Plan 150250, Lot 139 on Deposited Plan 150706 and Lot 722 on Deposited Plan 161339, Burracoppin | Shire of Westonia | Area | Cropping and grazing | 5.83 | 06/03/2025 | No | ||
City of Wanneroo | Lots 508 and 509 on Deposited Plan 70083, Lots 521 and 522 on Deposited Plan 406005, Lot 50 on Deposited Plan 189279, Capricorn Esplanade Road Reserve (PIN 12186403), Yanchep Beach Road Reserve (PIN 12225580) and Brazier Road Reserve (PINs 12186404, 11750190, 12186401 and 12225581), Yanchep | City of Wanneroo | Area | Increasing parking for motorists and improving pedestrian access to the foreshore | 0.19 | 04/03/2025 | No | ||
Mr Roger Raymond | Lot 2 on Diagram 54900 and Carter Road road reserve (PIN 11476575), Wilyabrup | City of Busselton | Area | Power pole and powerline installation for a residential dwelling | 0.015 | 25/02/2025 | No | ||
Shire of Carnarvon | Lot 564 on Deposited Plan 205438, Lot 535 on Deposited Plan 205438 and Lot 536 on Deposited Plan 205438, Carnarvon | Shire of Carnarvon | Area | Drainage upgrades | 1.93 | 28/02/2025 | No | ||
Shire of Boddington | Lot 500 on Deposited Plan 421144, Boddington | Shire of Boddington | Purpose | Creating mountain bike trails | 5.21 | 28/02/2025 | No | ||
Mr Bryce Williams | n Lot 19 on Deposited Plan 419248, North Boyanup | Shire of Capel | Area | Hay production | 1.6 | 25/02/2025 | No | ||
Fortescue Ltd | North Circular Road reserve (PIN 11432654), Port Hedland | Town of Port Hedland | Purpose | Temporary car park, crossover, footpath, stormwater infrastructure and landscaping | 1.15 | 25/02/2025 | No | ||
Regional Power Corporation, Trading as Horizon Power | Lot 9 on Deposited Plan 91722, Papulankutja | Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku | Purpose | Construction of Blackstone Power Station and solar farm | 4.48 | 19/11/2024 | No | ||
City of Wanneroo | Multiple properties in Neerabup, Carramar and Banksia Grove | City of Wanneroo | Purpose | Road construction and infrastructure installation | 7.392 | 12/04/2024 | No | ||
February 22, 2025: 10:50 pm