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Quinn, Re Judicial Review

Pays/Territoire
Royaume-Uni
Type de cour
Nationale - cour supérieure
Date
Fév 22, 2013
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Nom du tribunal
High Court of Justice of Northern Ireland
Siège de la cour
Belfast
Juge
TREACY
Numéro de référence
[2013] NIQB 24
Langue
Anglais
Sujet
Énergie, Terre et sols, Air et atmosphère
Résumé

The applicants were brothers who owned lands in Northern Ireland. They sought judicial review of a Planning Commissioner’s refusal to permit their request to develop a renewable energy wind-farm on their lands. The permit process was based on a balancing exercise weighing the wider environmental, economic and social benefits of a project against its adverse impact. The court accepted the brothers’ assertion that the Commissioner’s conduct of the test proceeded on a material mistake of fact. In particular, the Commissioner had failed to properly consider the environmental, economic and social benefits of the wind farm, including the importance of renewable energy generation to the UK meeting its greenhouse gas emissions targets.

Source:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/litigation/in-the-matter-of-an-application-by-brian-quinn-and-michael-quinn-the-high-court-of-justice-in-northern-ireland-2013/

Texte intégral
j_j_TRE8779Final.htm
Site web
www.courtsni.gov.uk