Thornton v Adelaide Hills Council

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

South Australian Environment, Resources and Development Court

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

06/06/2006

LITIGATION TYPE

Project Approval - Mitigation

SUBJECT MATTER

Coal-fired / gas-fired power station

REVIEW TYPE

Merits review

SUMMARY

Appeal of the approval given to a coal-fired boiler. The Environment, Resources and Development Court (SA) rejected the climate change grounds raised by the appellants on the basis that insufficient evidence was presented as to the contribution, if any, of the development to global warming.

CASE DOCUMENTS

Thornton v Adelaide Hills Council [2006] SAERDC 41; (2006) 151 LGERA 1