[2020] NZEnvC 122 Auckland Council v Auckland Council [pdf, 1.2 MB]
...appropriateness of such site-specific conditions. [38] While the Court recognises that development proposals will often involve agreements between parties that do not form part of the case before the Court, and the Court should not interfere in private arrangements that do not affect and are not affected by the matters which the Court has to determine, we can see nothing that provides a basis on which the Court ought to impose conditions 61 and 77 on the consents for the walkway....