Perth Voice Interactive

PLANS to build a WA Premix concrete batching plant in Bayswater are on hold following an EPA assessment of the application.

Bayswater councillor Sally Palmer — a long-time opponent of the proposed Collier Road factory — describes the delay as “a pleasing, if small, victory for the city”.

The Environment Protection Authority has spent four months assessing the council’s concerns over the proposal.

It will take at least another month for the EPA to consider the merits of the concerns, such as impacts on air quality and local amenity.

EPA spokeswoman Nadia Miraudo told the Voice her organisation was seeking advice from the planning department and awaiting further information from the council.

The EPA received 25 comments during a seven-day public comment period in November.

WA Premix wants to produce 150 cubic metres of ready-mixed concrete per hour.

Fighting the concrete plant has cost the council $80,000 in state administrative tribunal-related legal expenses since July — almost half the $154,800 it has spent on all SAT-related legal expenses for all developers.

The council’s SAT-related legal expenses have jumped more than 400 per cent since 2014-15.

by EMMIE DOWLING