Victoria's planning tribunal has given the approval for the Boral to construct a 1.3Mta clinker grinding facility at Geelong Port without further environmental monitoring.

The Environment Protection Authority approved the construction of the AUS$100m (US$73.7m) facility on vacant land in the Lascelles Wharf precinct last October.

However a local man took the EPA to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT), asking for conditions to be added to the approval related to noise, air quality and increased traffic. The man did not attempt to stop the development but wanted amendments to improve monitoring, reported Bay 93.9.

However, the tribunal threw out the appeal this week, upholding the EPA's original decision.