Hallows v Corangamite SC

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

24/03/2021

LITIGATION TYPE

Project Approval - Adaptation

SUBJECT MATTER

Sea level rise

REVIEW TYPE

Merits review

SUMMARY

Section 82 Planning and Environment Act 1987, Corangamite Planning Scheme, Rural Conservation Zone Schedule 1, Environmental Significance Overlay Schedule 1; Significant Landscape Overlay Schedule 3; Curdies Inlet; Great Ocean Road; Tourism; Environmental impacts; Landscape impacts; Agriculture; Tiny Houses; Native Vegetation Removal; Peterborough Airfield.

“[81] I am satisfied that the policy response of the proposed use and development is acceptable. I say this for the following reasons:…k…regarding the impact of climate change and sea level rise on the proposed use and development…all proposed buildings and pathways to be located outside the mapped 1% AEP flood extent and on land at least 0.5 metres above the applicable 1% AEP Flood Level.”

CASE DOCUMENTS

Hallows v Corangamite SC (Corrected) [2022] VCAT 1111