Macarthur v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government País/Territorio Reino Unido Tipo de la corte Nacional - corte superior Fecha Ene 15, 2013 Fuente UNEP, InforMEA Nombre del tribunal High Court of Justice of England and Wales Sede de la corte London Juez LANG Número de referencia [2013] EWHC 3 Idioma Inglés Materia Energía, Tierra y suelos Resumen Petitioners challenged the local council’s denial of planning applications for the construction of two wind farms on the grounds that the harm from visual and character impacts outweighed the proposals’ modest contribution to climate change mitigation. The Inspector heard the appeals jointly and overturned the council’s decisions. Taking into account recently adopted policy schemes that encouraged renewable energy, especially to address climate change, the Inspector found that the benefits substantially outweighed visual, character, and sound impacts.Informal citizen groups challenged the Inspector’s decisions in the High Court of Justice alleging that the decisions were based on material error of fact and the Inspector’s reasoning was inadequate. The court rejected both arguments and upheld the Inspectors approval of the wind farm.Source:http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/litigation/macarthur-v-secretary-of-state-for-communities-and-local-government-high-court-of-justice-queens-bench-division-2013/ Texto completo 3.html Página web www.bailii.org