The Victorian Planning Minister has approved the wind farm, but residents say he failed to take local planning laws into consideration.
A group of Victorian residents living near a site earmarked for a wind farm will challenge the project's approval in the state's highest court.The Strezlecki Community Alliance says the Minister's decision contravenes a council planning scheme
The turbines would be built in pine plantations close to the site of the former Hazelwood coal-fired power station, which closed in 2017. The residents say Latrobe City Council's planning scheme prohibits a wind farm being built within five kilometres Moe, Morwell and Traralgon's urban areas.
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