Wilbow Corporation (NZ) Ltd v North Shore City Council - [2002] 1 NZLR 114

Resource management — Resource consents — Subdivision — Staged development — Judicial review of council's decision — Whether council could withhold approval of survey plan — Whether bond or time limits could be relied on to ensure completion of subdivision — Whether legitimate expectation of approval — Interpretation of subdivision consent — Legality of practice of staging subdivision — Resource Management Act 1991, ss 125, 127, 222, 223, 223(2), 224, 224(a) and 224(c).