Waitakere Ranges Protection Society Incorporated [pdf, 96 KB]
...Unitary Plan, the Independent Hearings Panel (“Panel”) recommended an activity status for such subdivision of Non-Complying Activity. (c) The Panel’s recommendation was accepted by the Council in its decisions on the Unitary Plan. (d) WRPS appealed that Council decision to the High Court, which upheld WRPS’s appeal in Bunnings and Others v Auckland Council [2017] NZHC 2141 (“High Court Decision”). The High Court Decision: (i) Concluded that the Panel had applied an incorrec...