Raceway Motors Ltd and Others v Canterbury Regional Planning Authority - [1976] 2 NZLR 605

Town and country planning — Change of use — Control of existing use — Specific departure in respect of land to enable existing use of adjoining land to be extended refused — Supreme Court's jurisdiction on appeal to interfere with decision of Town and Country Planning Appeal Board — Hardship to an individual may be a relevant consideration in the public interest — Town and Country Planning Act 1953, ss 35, 42A.