[2024] NZEnvC 026 Nelson City Council [pdf, 515 KB]
...However, that issue is irrelevant to the issue that I am to decide. The NRMP is deemed to be prepared and approved in accordance with Schedule 1 RMA and cannot be challenged outside of the narrow scope provided by s83 RMA which states: A policy statement or plan that is held out by a local authority as being operative shall be deemed to have been prepared and approved in accordance with Schedule 1 and shall not be challenged except by an application for an enforcement order under...