Opinion ID: 2160287
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Inconsistent Decision

Text: On appeal to the Superior Court, the parties were permitted to compile a supplemental record. This record consists of fourteen applications and related materials submitted to the Board for the purposes of obtaining a sand dune permit. In all cases, the Board granted the permits. On appeal, the Plaintiffs contend that the Board applied an entirely different standard to their application, and that its decision denying their application is therefore arbitrary, capricious, and represents an abuse of discretion. In asking us to reverse the Board's decision on this basis, the Plaintiffs urge us to examine the other applications. We decline to do so. To examine each application would take us, as a reviewing court, far beyond our well-established role of reviewing the administrative record for substantial evidence to support the agency's findings. See, e.g., Gulick, 452 A.2d at 1207.