14 Aug 2018
WAITAKI IRRIGATORS COLLECTIVE LIMITED v CANTERBURY REGIONAL COUNCIL [2018] NZHC 2064
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 2064
- Court
- High Court
The court accepted the parties' joint position that the Council erred in law in the formulation of Rule 15B.5.8(c) and that targeted amendments (extending the qualifying date and refining the treatment of changed consent conditions) correct that error; exercising its r20.19 power the court ordered Plan Change 5 be amended as proposed because the settlement addressed the legal errors, was supported by all joined parties, was consistent with the RMA and public interest considerations, and was the just, speedy and inexpensive resolution.