Land suitable for industrial use was in "extremely short
supply" in Queenstown and siting a Pak'nSave supermarket and
a Mitre 10 Mega store on such land is not appropriate, the
Queenstown Lakes District Council says.
Another hurdle has fallen for West Coast coal miner Bathurst
Resources, angering environmentalists, with the news the
effects on climate change will not make the agenda of
forthcoming Environment Court resource consent challenges.
A High Court decision on the proposed second campus to cater
for 112 St Joseph's School pupils, on Speargrass Flat Rd,
near Arrowtown, was reserved after a two-day hearing in
Christchurch last week.
The Environment Court will hear a declaration on the
relevance of coal to climate change issues later this month,
part of an appeal process against consents granted to
Bathurst Resources last year.
Damper Bay Estates Ltd is going to the Environment Court to
pursue its dream of building six large houses on the shore of
Lake Wanaka, despite widespread opposition from the Wanaka
community and environmental groups.
The value of 80 million tonnes of high quality export coal is
about to weighed up against nationally endangered and
vulnerable animals and other rare flora and fauna - all
residing in and around the Denniston Plateau looming above
Westport, on the West Coast.
The landowner at the centre of an Environment Court hearing
which could enable the building of one of the largest retail
centres in New Zealand has submitted the council did not
adequately consult the community.
A group of Wanaka landowners would be reassured the council
would protect their rights to an unrestricted water supply,
in accordance with an Environment Court ruling, the
Queenstown Lakes District Council's infrastructure committee
agreed this week.
