31 Oct 2008
MOUNT FIELD LIMITED V QUEENSTOWN-LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL HC INV CIV 2007-425-0700
- Citation
- openlaw-33dfdbe4_0aab_42e1_887b_bbb18f47bb1a.pdf
- Court
- High Court
A landowner may carry out earthworks that are reasonably necessary to construct an internal boundary fence without a resource consent; benching works must be assessed against an objective 'reasonably necessary' standard and are not protected by s10 where there is no evidence they are of the same character, intensity and scale as historical works.