Hon Ken Baston asks about the status of approvals and development of land released by the Department of Lands at Skuthorpe for agricultural development. The Minister confirms approvals are not yet granted and the option to lease has been extended.

AnsweredQoN 478Legislative Council
Asked
14 June 2018
Portfolio
Lands

QuestionView source ↗

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS —
LAND RELEASE — SKUTHORPE
478. Hon KEN BASTON to the minister representing the
Minister for Lands:
I refer to an article in The West
Australian of 27 May 2017 regarding 683 hectares of land released by the
Department of Lands at Skuthorpe, 23 kilometres east of Broome, in 2016.
(1) Have all necessary approvals
been granted to allow for agricultural development?
(2) What is the current development
status of this land release?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) No.
(2) The deed of
option to lease was originally granted on 9 March 2017 for a period of 12
months. This has been extended to 9 September 2018 to provide Kimberley
Asparagus Pty Ltd with additional time to satisfy the conditions precedent
under the option.

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