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Northcape Properties v. District Council of Yorke Peninsula

Filing Date: 2007
Reporter Info: [2007] SAERDC 50; [2008] SASC 57
Status: Decided
Case Categories:
  • Suits against governments
    • Environmental assessment and permitting
      • Climate adaptation
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • South Australia
      • Supreme Court of South Australia
Principal Laws:
  • Australia
    • Local Development Plan (South Australia)
Summary:

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.

At Issue: Challenge to local council decision to refuse development consent
Case Documents:
Filing Date Type File Summary
03/04/2008 Decision Download No summary available.

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