The Environment Court has rejected an appeal against an
application by a Ripponvale couple to retain their existing
home as accommodation for workers or travellers after they
build a new house on the property.
Consent for Nzone Skydive Queenstown to increase its number
of flights should be declined, or the cap at 35 flights a day
should be maintained if consent is granted, Jacks Point
parties say.
The Environment Court was correct in issuing consent for the
proposed Wakatipu Pak 'n Save supermarket ahead of the final
decision from a separate court hearing on the zoning of the
Frankton Flats, the owner of Pak'n Save, Foodstuffs, said.
Any contamination of Otago's inshore coastal environment as a
result of harbour dredge dumping is highly unlikely but could
be of high impact if it does occur, Environment Court judge
Jeff Smith says.
A potentially precedent-setting Environment Court case begins
in Christchurch today with coal mine developer Bathurst
Resources facing legal challenges from Forest and Bird to
stop strip mining for coal on the Denniston plateau above
Westport, on the West Coast.
Environment Court challenges will be heard in October over
resource consent permits issued to listed West Coast coal
mine developer Bathurst Resources.
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.
