Attorney-General ex relatione Hing and Others v Codner and Others - [1973] 1 NZLR 545

Town and country planning — District schemes — Conditional use — Council consenting to use of property in residential zone as a child care centre in application for conditional use — Child care centre not a "boardinghouse" as defined in ordinance — Council's consent void — Conditions attached to consent agreed to at hearing but not embodied in council's resolution unenforceable — Town and Country Planning Act 1953, s 28C.

Estoppel — Estoppel by representation — Promissory estoppel — Effective as a shield but not as a sword.