BALLANTINE SOLAR FARM SUBMISSIONS OF OBJECTION
- DUE NOW!
Deadline!
Submissions must be sent by Monday, May 26, 2025
Even short submissions count.
You can write a few sentences or several pages. What matters is that you send it.
HOW TO SEND YOUR SUBMISSION
If you want to oppose the Ballantine Solar Farm proposal (PA2503624),
here’s how to do it.
By email to:
development.assessment@transport.vic.gov.au
Subject line: Submission – Ballantine Solar Farm Proposal PA2503624
or, by post to
Minister for Planning, C/-Department of Transport and Planning
GPO Box 2392
Melbourne VIC 3001
Subject line: Submission – Ballantine Solar Farm Proposal PA2503624
solar farms - a disaster for farmers
Imagine 40,000m² of batteries in a bushfire?
Now imagine that next door to your home.
We aren’t against renewables, this isn’t a ‘NIMBY’ movement- we’re against reckless renewables with disregard for communities of family run farms due to the Victorian Government’s policy blindsiding communities aka ‘fast-tracking’ to net-zero.
These projects pose more than a threat to farming, they are a catastrophic fire threat at the proposed sites. They are neighbouring flora & fauna reserves in bushfire management areas, with firewater run-off risking nearby watersources and creeks, flowing directly into the Gippsland Lakes.
How is any of this even happening?
OUR farming community IS UNDER threat by reckless renewable energy projects
DID YOU REALISE?
The Victorian Government recently amended the laws in planning for projects considered for '“significant economic development” so these projects can be fast-tracked for approval. This applies to renewable energy projects.
What this change actually effected was the removal of opportunity for local community members to voice any concerns they have with individual projects which was previously possible through VCAT.
This has left communities and individuals with concerns and objections without a voice or any course of action regarding developments impacting on their properties and lives.