[2021] NZEnvC 180 Northern Land Property Limited v Thames-Coromandel District Council [pdf, 2.2 MB]
...alternative subdivisions may be feasible in this case. For example, three of the 11 titles to the land within the structure plan area are larger than 40 ha: one lot adjacent to the beach comprises over 62 ha, another landward and to the north comprises 101 ha and a third to the south comprises over 105 ha. Simply in terms of applying these rules to those areas and without undertaking any assessment of other controls or the relevant discretionary factors that might limit subdivision,...