Beaumont Trading Company Ltd v Auckland Council - [2015] 2 NZLR 656

Local government — Powers — Subdivision contributions for reserves and open space demanded after completion of development — Whether contributions should have been levied before development completed — Whether there would be additional need for open space – Whether Council acted within statutory powers — Whether relevant factors taken into account — Whether contributions were re-assessment of earlier demands — Whether contributions demand unreasonable or irrational — “Development” — Local Government Act 2002, ss 101, 102, 103, 197, 197AA, 198, 199 and 203.

Administrative law — Judicial review — Statutory interpretation — Whether statute required a direct factual and temporal link between permission to construct development and demand contribution — Whether Council acted within statutory powers — Local Government Act 2002, ss 101, 102, 103, 197, 197AA, 198, 199 and 203.