A decision on a contentious 25-apartment retirement complex planned for the Shiel Hill Tavern is only weeks away.
The Dunedin City Council's hearings committee yesterday reconvened the hearing into the proposal.
Developers provided further information and opponents had another chance to voice their concerns.
The proposed village will be marketed as an "alternative residential option'' targeting those aged 65 and older, who could still live independently.
The self-contained apartments would be built over two storeys and the bar would act as a clubroom for residents.
The proposal drew opposition from neighbours and council planner Melissa Shipman.
The hearings committee adjourned the resource consent hearing in March, calling for further information.
At the beginning of yesterday's proceedings, Ms Shipman reserved her final decision about the proposal before reaffirming her belief, once all the evidence was presented, that consent should be declined.
Speaking after the hearing, committee chairman Cr Andrew Noone said the committee, which also included Crs Lee Vandervis and Andrew Whiley, had 15 working days to make its decision.
"We will have a decision out within the statutory timeframe,'' he said.
"We will be well within that 15 working days.''
The developers, who were represented at the hearing by Dunedin planner Don Anderson, agreed to concessions that would increase the size of yards at some of the proposed complex's boundaries.
Mr Anderson said the developers were willing to rearrange the floor plan of the complex and decrease the size of a planned internal atrium to allow the increased size.
"We are trying to meet the concerns as best we can,'' he said after the hearing.
"We have done our best. I appreciate that not everyone is enthusiastic for appropriate accommodation for the elderly.''
Highcliff Rd residents Mel and Jeremy Furlong, who were accompanied at the hearing by quantity surveyor Jeremy Shearer, reaffirmed their opposition to the proposal.
Mr Furlong, who at times spoke on behalf of the couple, said the couple continued to have concerns about shading effects and how the proposal would affect their amenity and property value.
He also had concerns about how the proposed changes to the roading layout would affect cyclists, a concern he conceded was "selfish'', as he was himself a cyclist.
The remark led to one of the developers, Avi Fadida, quipping: "You don't want to be selfish to the old people. One day you will be old, too''.
The proposal had led to heated exchanges at March's hearing and again the developers appeared frustrated by the opposition, at times raising their hands in the air, often shaking their heads and, at times, laughing in disbelief.
"I'm from Auckland. I don't need to come here to make money,'' Mr Fadida told the committee.
"I came here to do something good for the community.''
Ms Shipman said while the proposed changes to the facility had reduced some of the negative effects of the proposal, they had not done so sufficiently to consider the effects minor.
