Do industrial wind turbines lower the value of property nearby? An Ontario Superior Court Justice said last week they do. This has opponents of these hulking machines looming over their homes and communities cheering in the streets. They believe the justice’s words have opened a door to enable them to claim and recover damages from the owners of these projects resulting from diminished property value.
Eric Gillespie reported to a packed house at the Regent Theatre last week that Justice Susan Healey had accepted expert testimony that property values decline between 22 and 50 per cent with the arrival of industrial wind turbines. She was ruling on a claim by residents of Clearview Township, near Stayner, seeking damages from wpd Canada—the same developer working toward erecting 29 turbines in South Marysburgh from Milford to the National Wildlife Area at Long Point.
Justice Healey ruled that it was too soon for the residents to bring their action against the developer, as the project has not yet been approved, and as such, damages have not yet occurred. But, significantly, Justice Healey said that if the project is approved, the residents can move ahead with their claims.
In her ruling Justice Healey wrote: “In this case the court accepts that the plaintiffs have suffered, and are currently suffering, losses culminating in diminished property values.”
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