[2017] NZEnvC 209 Auckland Council v London Pacific Family Trust [pdf, 1.1 MB]
...Rules apply across the AUP except the RPS or where 'a rule specifically provides otherwise'; (b) C1.1 (2) is to the same effect as s 9(3) RMA, namely that no person may contravene a rule in the AUP unless expressly allowed by a National Environmental Standard, resource consent, or existing use rights; (c) C1.4(c) relevantly provides: Where a proposal will take place ... on a site which is partially affected by an overlay ... then the proposal must comply with the overlay...