Clifford v Ashburton Borough - [1969] NZLR 446

Town and country planning — Existing non-conforming use — Land zoned commercial C — Flats and apartments not permitted under relevant ordinance — Application for permit to make alterations to existing flats and apartments — Considerations to be taken into account by council in considering the application — Council applying considerations which were wrong in law — Mandamus — Town and Country Planning Act 1953, ss. 18, 33 (2), 36.