27 Jan 2006
SAWMILLS WORKERS AGAINST POISONS INC AND ANOR V WHAKATANE DISTRICT COUNCIL AND ORS HC ROT CIV 2006-463-32
- Citation
- openlaw-c8293d8d_fe7b_4c34_8bcb_28708d9c493b.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The Court found there was a seriously arguable case that the water discharge application ought to have been notified because the available scientific material (including the ESR draft) raised public health and environmental questions not clearly addressed by the council's documentation; discretionary considerations (potential public health impact) outweighed economic prejudice, so interim relief was necessary to preserve applicants' position by prohibiting further discharges under the permit pending full hearing; interim relief was declined in relation to the land use consent because that cha…