7 Apr 2017
ROYAL FOREST AND BIRD PROTECTION SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED v CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL [2017] NZHC 669
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 669
- Court
- High Court
The Court accepted the parties' agreed amendments; it held the indigenous vegetation notice regime as drafted was void for uncertainty and that the Panel erred in excluding potentially significant sites in Appendix 9.1.6.6 from objective 9.1.2.1 and related policies. The Court ordered the Council to amend the Christchurch Replacement District Plan by removing the notice-trigger requirement and by revising objective 9.1.2.1 and consequential policies, and made no order as to costs.