2015-09-21
My constituency question is for the Minister for Planning, Richard Wynne. In February this year Kingston City Council asked the minister to extend interim protection against materials recycling in the Kingston green wedge. The purpose of that request was to allow for the minister to consider the council's more substantive request to rezone land north of Kingston and Heatherton roads to a green wedge A zone that would not allow waste-related activities. Currently that area is zoned as special use, which allows Alex Fraser to operate a concrete crusher in the green wedge. Alex Fraser has applied to extend its permit for 15 years to 2038. My question to the minister is: will the minister approve the council's C143 amendment request to rezone this land to green wedge A?