[2023] NZEnvC 264 Fleet v Ashburton District Council [pdf, 179 KB]
...resource consent application was “wrong”; (d) the choice to delegate the matter to a hearings commissioner was made by the Council and accordingly should be at their expense; (e) the Council had not provided an accurate quote despite repeated requests to do so. . The Law [9] Section 36 provides inter alia: (1) A local authority may from time to time fix charges of all or any of the following kinds: … (aa) charges payable by an applicant who makes a request under s...