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AI summary
The Western Cape High Court reviewed and set aside a water use licence issued on 23 March 2023 to Cederberg Municipality. The licence allowed abstraction of groundwater from three boreholes on the applicants’ land for 20 years. The operation of the setting aside order was suspended for 18 months.
This may be relevant to water use licensing, administrative law, and disputes involving landowners and groundwater abstraction.
Evidence from source
allowing it to abstract a combined total volume of 567 648 m³ of groundwater per annum from boreholes ‘LR1’, ‘OD514’ and ‘KKL5’ on the applicants’ land for a period of 20 years
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The operation of the order in paragraph 1 is suspended for a period of 18 months
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