Deep Creek Quarry is a new Rhyolite Quarry, located off The Bucketts Way north of Limeburners Creek NSW.
The quarry will produce up to 500,000 tonnes per annum of hard rock products such as concrete and asphalt aggregates, high grip aggregates, crusher dust, road base and decorative materials.
Ironstone Developments Pty Ltd was granted approval for Deep Creek Quarry by the Independent Planning Commission on the 24th January 2024.
The project was then reviewed by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water with final approval being granted on the 7th November 2024.
Location
The quarry access (once constructed) will be off a new private access road just north of the Deep Creek Bridge in the Limeburners Creek locality (12.6 kms up The Bucketts Way from the Pacific Hwy).
The Quarry will service local construction and landscape industries, predominantly across the Hunter, Mid-Coast and Central Coast regions and further afield for high grip and decorative materials.
The quarry is considered a State Significant Development (SSD) due to the amount of resource to be extracted over the life of the quarry.
An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was prepared for the Deep Creek Quarry development, considered and investigated potential issues and impacts, as well as opportunities that may result from the development. This included potential impacts to water and ecology, noise, dust, traffic and economic opportunities such as the creation of jobs, the use of local suppliers and new infrastructure.
We are committed to working with the community where possible to achieve the best outcomes for all parties including the environment.
Our commitment to the local community is ongoing.
We are preparing for the construction phase.
There are numerous management plans to be completed and submitted for approval prior to commencement of any onsite works, we believe this process will take some months.
Once the appropriate approvals are in place and we know when construction will start, we will provide a project update flier to local residents and email the project update information to people who have registered an interest via our community email below.