Able Lott Holdings Pty Ltd v City of Fremantle

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

21/07/2010

LITIGATION TYPE

Project Approval - Adaptation

SUBJECT MATTER

Sea level rise

REVIEW TYPE

Merits review

SUMMARY

First decision to apply state planning policy anticipating sea level rise due to climate change. The Tribunal held that the potential for flooding could be managed and did not justify refusing the permit for the mixed use development.

CASE DOCUMENTS

Able Lott Holdings Pty Ltd v City of Fremantle [2010] WASAT 117