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Northcape Properties v. District Council of Yorke Peninsula

Geography
🇦🇺 Australia / South Australia
Year
2007
Document Type
Litigation

About this case

Filing year
2007
Status
Decided
Geography
🇦🇺 Australia → South Australia
Court/admin entity
Australia → South Australia → Supreme Court of South Australia
Case category
Suits against governments (Global) → Environmental assessment and permitting (Global) → Climate adaptation (Global)
Principal law
Australia → Local Development Plan (SA)
At issue
Challenge to local council decision to refuse development consent
Topics
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Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics 
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03/04/2008
Decision

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.

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Group
Topics
Risk
Just transition
Economic sector
Adaptation/resilience
Finance