April 2006 RM Journal
Notification after Westfield v North Shore City Council - Revisiting the Supreme Court’s decision a year on Claire Kirman and Meredith Webb, Russell McVeagh
It is nearly one year since the New Zealand Supreme Court gave its first major resource management decision. The landmark case of Westfield (New Zealand) Limited v North Shore City Council [2005] NZSC 7 gave some strong directives to decision-makers regarding the appropriate steps to be taken when considering whether or not a resource consent ought to be notified. These directives related to the adequacy of information consent authorities ought to receive before a decision on notification is reached, and those parties that might be considered to be “affected persons” for notification purposes under the Act.
