QLDC to appeal Mitre 10 Mega decision

Vanessa van Uden
Vanessa van Uden
The Queenstown Lakes District Council will appeal the Environment Court's decision to grant consent for a Mitre 10 Mega in Frankton.

"I want to make it clear that neither I nor my fellow Councillors have any stomach to enter the fray of appeals around Frankton-based proposals but this decision presents us with a problem," Mayor Vanessa van Uden said in a statement today.

She said while the concept of the store was welcomed its location - on land set aside for industrial activity - posed a problem.

"Right now, today, that store could be built at Frankton with a non-notified consent on land identified for just that purpose within Remarkables Park.

"Instead, as it stands, it will eat into land set aside to meet the future needs of our business community," she said.

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