Environmental Defence Society Inc v Attorney-General - [1981] 2 NZLR 68

Town and country planning — Public works of the Crown — Interpretation of Ordinances — Plans for proposed construction of post office failed to comply with height restrictions and provision for off-street parking in District Scheme — Whether non-conformity with Ordinance requirements relating to predominant uses meant the use was automatically treated as a conditional use and as such was a use available to the Crown — Town and Country Planning Act 1977, s 116(1).