Victoria Environmental Operating Licence Locations

Victoria's Environment Protection Authority maintains a register of operating licences for high-risk prescribed activities under the Environment Protection Act 2017. The dataset includes location points for licensed sites, mirroring the public register, and is available in multiple geospatial file formats including SHP, DXF, and GDB.

Use Cases

• Map licensed activity sites across Victoria using the provided geospatial coordinates and file formats.
• Analyze the distribution of high-risk environmental operations regulated under Schedule 1 of the Environment Protection Regulations 2021.
• Cross-reference operating licence locations with other spatial datasets for environmental risk assessment and planning.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative Environment Protection Authority Victoria.
• Available in 9 geospatial formats (SHP, DXF, WFS, TAB, DWG, EXTENDED TAB, WMS, MIF, GDB) for interoperability.
• Licensed under a permissive Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.

Limitations

• Data may not be current due to stated delays in data transfer processes from the live public register.
• No row count, column details, or sample data are provided to assess dataset scale and structure.
• The description focuses on legal context but lacks specifics on the exact attributes (columns) contained in the location files.

Provenance

Source

Environment Protection Authority Victoria

Collection Method

Mirrored from EPA's public register for permissions under the Environment Protection Act 2017.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated March 2026, though the source notes potential lags compared to the live register.

Geography

Victoria, Australia