DIVERSIFICATION LEASE
Leading the Way
In 2022, the Western Australian State Government provided new land tenure guidance and policy for renewable energy projects in Western Australia.
The WA Government established diversification leases to “better support” high-value capital projects of significance to Western Australia’s economy.
Boolathana is one title under one owner. Gascoyne Green Energy holds a Section 91 licence under the Land Administration Act, secured in 2024, permitting the environmental, heritage and geotechnical investigation the project requires, and holds exclusive access to the whole landholding under a separate deed with the pastoral lessee running to December 2030. That means a single point of contact for the entire platform rather than a patchwork of interests to assemble.
At the Final Investment Decision the Section 91 licence converts to a Diversification Lease – shared, non-exclusive use that lets the platform and the cattle operation continue on the same landholding, with separate exclusive-use tenure taken over the processing facilities and their access.
Together they form the platform for advancing a large-scale renewable energy project on Boolathana.
Diversification Leases
Diversification Leases are an important component of key government priorities, like the establishment of a new green energy industry in Western Australia.
The Diversification Lease will enable the holder to conduct single or multiple land uses on a large area of Crown land to coexist with the primary land use.
The Boolathana project is the kind of use the WA Government created the instrument for.
The Diversification Lease is non-exclusive.At the Final Investment Decision the pastoral lease is relinquished and converted, with separate exclusive-use tenure taken over the downstream processing facilities and their access. The remainder of the landholding continues in shared use.
Co-existing Use
Following positive completion of investigative and feasibility studies on Boolathana, GGE will determine the project’s footprint and land access requirements.
Because the Diversification Lease is non-exclusive by design, the pastoralist continues to use the landholding for cattle grazing alongside the project.
The two operations share the same ground rather than one displacing the other – which is precisely what the tenure instrument allows.
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