The association was one of two groups which lodged submissions on the Queenstown Lakes District Council's notice of requirement to designate 5.5ha of land for the facilityin the Three Parks subdivision, in Ballantyne Rd.
In its submission, filed by secretary Sally Battson, the association said the designation would allow the council to "develop anything it pleases that meets the very general purpose of the designation.
"The council is both the initiating and the approving authority and there is no opportunity for public involvement."
The facility has been under discussion for four years and project manager Ken Gousmett told the Otago Daily Times last month the notice of requirement was the culmination of much consultation with the community.
The first stage would include a sports hall, reception area, changing facilities, meeting rooms, offices, members' lounge, food and beverage facilities and storage space for outdoor courts and fields.
The association said it opposed the application because there was no assurance about the use, size and location of facilities and activities within the site.
"While the application gives a list of activities that may occur, the activities that can occur are not limited to those activities. The designation has no plans associated with it."
The association considered the designation was too "open-ended" and did not allow for review. There was also no information on parking.
The association said its concerns would be met by provision for public participation at each stage of development and a requirement for parking.
Willowridge Developments Ltd, which owns part of the land designated for the facility, made a submission of "support subject to conditions".
Director Allan Dippie said the company was supportive "at a general level" but had not been involved in any of the detailed discussions on the design of the facility and the layout on the land.
Mr Dippie considered the land area was "insufficient" and he was also concerned about parking.
"Willowridge seeks that the land subject to the [designation] is extended to provide for additional car parking and future extension."
Mr Dippie said the shape and area of the facility's site did not match the current configuration of the local road network shown in the structure plan for the Three Parks subdivision.
He noted the designation proposed stormwater would drain to the reticulated stormwater system but Willowridge had no plans to build such a system.
And Mr Dippie considered the large facility buildings, likely to have blank external walls, were too close to the proposed commercial core of Three Parks.
The council's community general manager, Paul Wilson, said the purpose of the designation was to add certainty to the project and it would lead to an "outline plan" application when the detail of the project was better known.
