However, owners Geoff and Tracey Scurr, of Geoff Scurr Contracting Ltd, will have to comply with 24 conditions designed to protect neighbours from the worst effects of noise, dust, and the appearance of the Pryde Rd quarry.
That included a 30,000cu m limit on the amount of rock to be extracted each year - less than the maximum 45,000cu m the Scurrs wanted in some years.
The Scurrs could not be contacted yesterday, but neighbours told the Otago Daily Times they were happy with the outcome because of the conditions.
The decision, signed by council hearings committee chairman Colin Weatherall, allowed the quarry to operate from Monday to Saturday each week, but not on Sundays, with restrictions on hours of operation, as well as rock crushing and blasting activities.
The owners would have to pay for new passing areas in Pryde Rd, to allow cars and trucks to pass safely, and implement a new quarry management plan approved by council staff.
The plan would control the quarry's operation and traffic, establish dust and noise management measures, and a procedure for neighbours to complain about aspects of the quarry's operation if concerned.
Cr Weatherall, in the decision, said the committee considered the quarry was an "appropriate use" of the site, but was also mindful of the need to protect neighbours from the worst effects of its operation.
The quarry operation was "generally consistent" with the district plan, which anticipated quarrying within the rural zone, and the conditions imposed meant the effect for neighbours would be no more than minor.
The quarry's old consent had "little in the way of restrictions", other than an annual limit on extraction, whereas the new consent included a comprehensive management plan and other conditions, he said.
In part, the hearing - which began in March - had considered whether the quarry had been operating beyond its original consent, issued in 1998, by taking 15,000cu m of rock a year.
Council staff considered the old consent limited extraction to 5000cu m a year, or 7500cu m of loose, crushed rock.
The Scurrs disputed that, but sought a new consent to ensure they were operating legally and to future-proof the business.
Council planner Darryl Sycamore noted during the hearing annual extraction of up to 45,000cu m in some years could have a "significant" impact on neighbours, and instead suggested an upper limit of 30,000cu m a year "or thereabouts".
Neighbours who submitted to the hearing did not want the quarry to close, but worried expansion would erode safety as more heavy traffic used Pryde Rd, and increase problems with dust and noise in the area.
Mrs Scurr told the committee the neighbours' views had come as a shock, and led to a revised draft management plan - with additional measures to address their concerns - being presented to the committee when the hearing resumed in June.
One neighbour, who did not want to be named, yesterday told the ODT he was happy with the outcome, while another, Jamie Pickford, praised it as a "very good" result.
Mr Pickford said the Scurrs had been "really good" to deal with, and new conditions limiting the quarry's hours of operation and extraction volumes gave neighbours more certainty.
