21 Jul 2016
FLYNN v SOUTH WAIRARAPA DISTRICT COUNCIL [2016] NZHC 1670
- Citation
- [2016] NZHC 1670
- Court
- High Court
Declarations were refused because the resource consents had been surrendered rendering the challenged decisions spent and hypothetical; formal proof was inappropriate when the Council maintained its defence and no contested argument had been advanced; issuing declarations risked wider impact on plan interpretation and would not serve sufficient public utility, so the plaintiff's applications for relief were dismissed.