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Cooper v Wollondilly Shire Council

Pays/Territoire
Australie
Type de cour
Nationale- cour inférieure
Date
Avr 7, 2004
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Nom du tribunal
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
Siège de la cour
Sydney
Juge
Talbot
Numéro de référence
[2004] NSWLEC 145
Langue
Anglais
Sujet
Terre et sols, Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes
Résumé

The applicant’s proposal to carry out the development of a caravan park was refused by the Wollondilly Shire Council. The Court upheld this refusal due to the noise impact of nearby colliery activities and the impact on the Shale Sandstone Transitional Forest, an endangered ecological forest community situated at the site. Due to the fact that the development would cause the removal or modification of vegetation at the site, the Court also held that the development application needs to be accompanied by a Species Impact Statement (SIS) according to s 78A(8)(b) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. In deciding this, the Court followed the precautionary principle arguing that there is an absence of countervailing evidence concerning the impact on the endangered community.

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www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au