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Motorimu Wind Farm Ltd. v. Palmerston North Council

Country/Territory
New Zealand
Date
Sep 1, 2008
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Court name
Environment Court
Reference number
[2009] NZEnvC 33
Abstract
Motorimu Wind Farm appealed a city council’s partial denial of resource consents for a proposed wind farm. The council only approved only 75 of the 127 proposed turbines due to significant adverse landscape impacts. The Environment Court of New Zealand acknowledged that the additional turbines would markedly increase the wind farm’s contribution to New Zealand’s renewable energy needs but ultimately agreed with the city council and declined the appeal for all but 4 turbines.

Key environmental legal questions:

Appeal partial denial of resource consents for proposed wind farm
Full text
NZ-Motorimu-EC-Decision-2008.pdf
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