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Outstanding Landscape Protection Society Inc. v Hastings District Council

Country/Territory
New Zealand
Date
Apr 1, 2007
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Court name
Environment Court
Reference number
[2007] NZEnvC 87
Abstract
The Environment Court of New Zealand upheld an appeal by citizen groups challenging the approval of resource consents for Unison Networks Limited to construct and operate a wind farm. The court reasoned that the adverse landscape impacts and associated cultural values outweighed the advantages derived from the generation of renewable electricity and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

Key environmental legal questions:

Challenge to approval of proposed wind farm
Full text
NZ-Outstanding-Landscape-NZEnvC-2007.pdf
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