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The city is defending the planning interpretation it used to approve towers above mapped limits. Here is what the case means for residents—and what happens next.
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The Court of Appeal held that simply adding expensive apartments does not, without more, meet the City Plan’s housing-affordability outcome. The matter was sent back for redetermination. Council is now seeking special leave to appeal to the High Court.
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The city is defending the planning interpretation it used to approve towers above mapped limits. Here is what the case means for residents—and what happens next.