Green Gold Energy Pty Ltd v Minister for Planning

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

11/10/2021

LITIGATION TYPE

Project Approval - Mitigation

SUBJECT MATTER

Solar energy

REVIEW TYPE

Merits review

SUMMARY

(Catchwords) Section 79 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987; Solar Energy Facilities Design and Development Guideline; Amendment VC161; Renewable Energy Facility; Solar Energy; Flooding; Landscaping; Agricultural land.

(Excerpt from judgment) [5] This is an application brought by Green Gold Energy Pty Ltd (Green Gold Energy) under section 79 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 (Act) to review the Minister for Planning’s (Minister’s) failure to grant a permit within the prescribed time for a Renewable Energy Facility (Solar Energy Facility) at Naring Hall Road (Lot 2 on PS613623) (the Land), Numurkah.

CASE DOCUMENTS

Green Gold Energy Pty Ltd v Minister for Planning [2022] VCAT 118

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