A community in the Australian state of Victoria has launched a legal challenge against the construction of a wind farm in the Strezlecki Ranges south-east of Melbourne.
Osmi Australia lodged applications to construct a 33-turbine wind farm near Delburn, which was approved by Richard Wynne, Victoria’s planning minister, in March.
However, over 1,000 members of the Strezlecki Community Alliance have filed a legal action with the Victorian Supreme Court to have the decision overturned, saying the Latrobe City Council’s local planning scheme did not allow wind farms to be built within five kilometres of the urban areas of Moe, Morwell, and Traralgon, according to documents cited by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation….