Lamont v Hawke's Bay County Council - [1981] 2 NZLR 442

Local Government — Loans — Notice of intention to apply for a loan gave insufficient time for lodging of objections — Loans Board waived compliance with public notice requirements after loan application had been made — Whether Board's waiver valid — Local Authorities Loans Regulations 1975, reg 3(l).

Town and country planning — Proposal to purchase farm land for rubbish dump — Whether the borrowing of money by the County to buy land intended for a use not permitted by its planning scheme was ultra vires — Objections to designation of land as a rubbish dump — Delay in hearing objections — Ratepayer claimed County disqualified by bias and predetermination from hearing of objections — Whether Court should intervene — Town and Country Planning Act 1977, s 118(5).