[2017] NZEnvC 183 Doctors Flat Vineyard Ltd Rubicon Hall Road Ltd v Central Otago District Council [pdf, 4.2 MB]
...soils which we shall deal with later. [59] Mr Murray suggests that this would result in a positive gain of open space.31 In other words any reduction in open space caused by residential dwellings on the rurally zoned land would be offset by the protection of open space on the residentially zoned land that is to remain planted in vines that could otherwise contain residential dwellings. In effect the area available for open space could be regard as doubled.32 [60] Mr Davies gave ev...