Palmerston North City Council v New Zealand Windfarms Limited

Resource management – windfarms

Palmerston North City Council v New Zealand Windfarms Limited – [2014] NZCA 601 – Randerson, Harrison and Wild JJ – 9 December 2014

Resource consent – general condition to operate windfarm in accordance with information in consent application – errors in predicted noise levels at turbine source – specific noise conditions based on NZS6808 applied at boundaries of neighbouring properties - whether predictions operated as limits on scope of consented activity. 

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