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Yelland Wind Farm Ltd. v. West Devon BC

Geography
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Year
2007
Document Type
Litigation

About this case

Filing year
2007
Status
Appeal dismissed
Geography
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Court/admin entity
United Kingdom → Planning Inspectorate
Case category
Suits against governments (Global) → Environmental assessment and permitting (Global) → Renewable projects (Global)
Principal law
United Kingdom → Planning Policy Statement 22
At issue
Appeal of local council decision denying planning permission for wind turbines.

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Summary

Yelland Wind Farm Ltd. appealed a decision by the West Devon Borough Council refusing planning permission for a proposal to build three 266 feet high wind turbines on the edge of Dartmoor National Park. The Planning Inspector dismissed the appeal, finding the proposal’s adverse landscape and visual impacts to be decisive. However, the court did note that the proposal supported the objectives of national policies for the promotion and deployment of renewable energy technologies.