Part of a plan change for Frankton has been withdrawn after
the new owner of part of the Five Mile development appealed
to the Environment Court.
Queenstown Lakes district councillors unanimously voted to
withdraw part of plan change 19 Frankton Flats B at an
extraordinary meeting yesterday.
Council senior policy analyst Alyson Hutton said the purpose
of the meeting was to gain authorisation to withdraw the part
of plan change 19 Frankton Flats B which overlapped with the
operative Frankton Flats A zone.
Frankton Flats B is the land between Queenstown Airport,
Glenda Dr industrial area, State Highway 6 and Frankton
Flats.
Ms Hutton said the overlap would "create unnecessary
uncertainty and difficulties in processing resource consents
and obtaining high-quality urban outcomes for the Frankton
Flats area".
She said since Queenstown Gateway Ltd, the new owners of the
small block of the Five Mile site, had started planning its
development, the issues had become apparent.
Ms Hutton said the company had appealed the plan change to
the Environment Court, but "resolution via agreement may be
difficult and take significant time".
After the decision, the public was excluded from the meeting.
Councillors discussed how the 12 appeals lodged to the
Environment Court about the plan change would be mediated.
