[2017] NZEnvC 150 Blueskin Energy Ltd v Dunedin City Council [pdf, 11 MB]
...matters in Part 2, held the reasoning in King Salmon applied also to s 104(1). Cull J makes three key findings: 20 (a) section 5 should not be treated as the primary operative decision making provision; (b) the application of the "overall judgment approach" to decision making on resource consent applications is rejected; and (c) the relevant provisions of the planning documents give substance to the principles in Part 2. There may be resort to Part 2, however, where th...