Powell v Dunedin City Council - [2004] 3 NZLR 721

Resource management — District plan — Proper approach to interpretation of words used in district plan — Interpretation Act 1999, s 5(1).

Resource management — Application for resource consent — Whether application needed to be publicly notified — “Permitted baseline” test — Proposal relating to six lots to be amalgamated — Whether site should be classified as one lot or six lots for purposes of establishing permitted baseline — Whether appropriate for Court to determine non-notification issue or whether matter should be remitted to council — Resource Management Act 1991, s 94.