07 April 2006

Barro made an application to Council seeking to extend the existing quarry.


29 November 2007

Barro filed an appeal in the Queensland Planning and Environment Court (P&E Court) against Council’s decision.

27 November 2007

Council refused the application, as it considered the impacts on the community, environment and traffic to be unacceptable.

20 March 2009

The P&E Court ‘struck out’ the appeal, determining that Barro’s application to Council was not properly made.

30 March 2009

Barro filed an appeal against the decision of the P&E Court in the Queensland Court of Appeal.

16 October 2009

The Court of Appeal upheld the P&E Court’s judgment and Barro was unable to proceed with the extension.

21 December 2010

Barro lodged another development application to expand its operations with Council.

12 June 2013

Council refused Barro’s application for a number of reasons, including the impacts on the community, environment and traffic.

26 September 2013

The (then) State Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning called in the development application. The call in powers allow the Minister to decide applications where a State interest is affected, removing the decision making power from the local government.

20 December 2013

The (then) State Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning approved Barro’s application, with conditions.

18 December 2015

The (then) State Minister for Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning approved an application by Barro to change the development approval.

08 December 2017

Barro lodged an application with Council to extend the currency period for the approval given by the Minister in December 2013. Barro sought the extension as it needed more time to complete the works under the approval given by the Minister.

27 March 2018

Council refused Barro’s application, maintaining its position that the impacts on the community, the environment and traffic were unacceptable.

24 April 2018

Barro filed an appeal against Council’s decision in the P&E Court.

19 June 2019

The State Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning approved a change to the development approval.

25 July 2019

The P&E Court set aside Council’s refusal of the extension application and extended the currency period of the development approval for three years until 25 July 2022.