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Northcape Properties v. District Council of Yorke Peninsula

Pays/Territoire
Australie
Date
Mar 1, 2008
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Nom du tribunal
Supreme Court of South Australia
Siège de la cour
South Australia
Numéro de référence
[2008] SASC 57 (Australia)
Résumé
The South Australian Supreme Court upheld local council decision to refuse development consent on the basis of unacceptable climate change risks to the proposed development. The court found the proposed development in violation of the goals and objectives of the council’s Development Plan, and that hazardous sea level rise over the next 100 years due to climate change was a sufficient basis to support the refusal of the coastal development application.

Key environmental legal questions:

Challenge to local council decision to refuse development consent
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