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Litigation

Motorimu Wind Farm Ltd. v. Palmerston North Council

Date
2008
Geography
New Zealand

About this case

Filing year
2008
Status
Dismissed
Geography
Court/admin entity
New Zealand → Environment Court
Case category
Suits against governments → Environmental assessment and permitting → Renewable projects
Principal law
New Zealand → Resource Management Act 1991
At issue
Appeal partial denial of resource consents for proposed wind farm

Documents

Filing Date
Type
Document
Summary
09/26/2008
Decision
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Summary

Motorimu Wind Farm appealed a city council’s partial denial of resource consents for a proposed wind farm. The council only approved only 75 of the 127 proposed turbines due to significant adverse landscape impacts. The Environment Court of New Zealand acknowledged that the additional turbines would markedly increase the wind farm’s contribution to New Zealand’s renewable energy needs but ultimately agreed with the city council and declined the appeal for all but 4 turbines.