Key legal question
Whether Helvetia Nostra had standing to appeal and Art. 75b Constitution applied directly to the permit
Extracted holding
Helvetia Nostra had standing, and Art. 75b Constitution applies directly to second-home permits issued after 11 March 2012 in communes already above the 20% threshold.
Extracted reasoning
The project concerns a federal task under nature and landscape protection; later Federal Supreme Court case law confirmed direct applicability of Arts. 75b and 197 no. 9 Constitution.