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HIGH COURT ORDERS HALT
THE HIGH COURT DECISION IS OUT !!!!!
Urban Auckland, the Society for the Protection of Auckland City and Waterfront Incorporated v Auckland Council [2015] NZHC 1382 (19 June 2015)
The judge said the decision to proceed without notification was flawed for two reasons.
He said the multiple consents should have been bundled "which would have required notification, as the most restrictive activity was a discretionary activity".
Alternatively, the judge said, a "special circumstances" clause existed which required notification in this case.
"The Commissioners fell into error in determining that because the extension was a controlled activity and an expected development no special circumstances existed so that it was unnecessary to notify in any event," Justice Venning said.
Environmental Protection Authority Decision
After considering comments received on the Draft Report and Decision, the Board of Inquiry has made a number of ‘minor and technical’ changes to the Final Report and Decision.
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The Honourable, Dr Nick Smith indicated that he was considering creating ‘competition’ for the issuing of resource consents as one remedy to the lack of affordable housing.
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The Ruakura Board of Inquiry issued its final decision on the Ruakura Plan Change on 9 September 2014. No appeals on the decision or the plan change were lodged with the High Court.
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