Bookaar Renewables Pty Ltd v Corangamite Shire Council

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

30/09/2018

LITIGATION TYPE

Project Approval - Mitigation

SUBJECT MATTER

Solar energy

REVIEW TYPE

Merits Review

SUMMARY

(Excerpt from judgment)

[1] Bookaar Renewables Pty Ltd proposes a large solar energy facility on part of the Meningoort property at Bookaar, near Camperdown. [2] The Corangamite Shire Council refused the permit application on six grounds, and a number of local objectors have raised additional concerns about the proposal. The applicant has sought to review the Council refusal at VCAT. [3] In undertaking the review, the Tribunal must consider whether the proposal produces an acceptable planning outcome having regard to the relevant planning controls, policies, application requirements, and decision guidelines in the scheme. In doing so, as a matter of integrated decision-making, the Tribunal must endeavour to integrate the range of planning policies relevant to the issues to be determined and balance conflicting objectives in favour of net community benefit and sustainable development for the benefit of present and future generations.

CASE DOCUMENTS

Bookaar Renewables Pty Ltd v Corangamite Shire Council [2019] VCAT 1244