[2023] NZEnvC 226 Scaife v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 1.2 MB]
...opinions concerning ONL landscape values. We accept their evidence in finding that the ONL has a highly natural, scenic quality that is shared and recognised due to the natural landscape and a scale that dominates any built form, or evidence of human modification. Each expert characterised the associated landscape values in similar terms. We draw largely from Mr Jones’ evidence in summarising those values as including: (a) naturalness, or perhaps more precisely, perceptions o...