AMP Society v Waitemata Harbour Maritime Planning Authority - [1982] 2 NZLR 448

Town and country planning — Maritime planning area — Interim control — Appeal from granting of consent for erection of new administrative headquarters for Auckland Harbour Board within maritime planning area — Objections by hotel in front of which the proposed building was to be erected — Whether hotel could claim that from past dealings with Harbour Board they had a legitimate expectation that the hotel's view would be preserved — Whether Board's application was premature as there was no operative or draft maritime planning scheme — Whether Tribunal should have found which of all possible sites was the best for a particular use — Whether the financial cost of the building was a matter of land-use planning — Whether the architectural significance and symbolism of the building were relevant planning considerations — Town and Country Planning Act 1977, ss 4 and 102A.