Denton and Others v Auckland City and Another - [1969] NZLR 256

Town and country planning — General — Application to council for conditional use of land — Hearing by town planning committee — Failure by committee to disclose relevant report in its possession — Appeal from decision to Town Planning Appeal Board — Case stated by Appeal Board — Whether decision a breach of principles of natural justice — Whether decision should be set aside — Observations as to service of relevant material — Town and Country Planning Act 1953, ss. 28C, 28D, 40 (1) — Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908, s. 10 — Town and Country Planning Regulations 1960 (S.R. 1960/109), Regs. 21, 32

Administrative law — Natural justice — Hearing by Town Planning Committee of local authority — Failure to disclose relevant report in its possession prior to hearing — Whether decision of committee a breach of principles of natural justice — Whether decision should be set aside.