Mr Bullen was also concerned the recent draft facilities mix report and concept design for the facility was "misrepresenting people".
Ten submissions were received by the QLDC on the sports facility, planned for the Three Parks subdivision, after community consultation on the draft report which closed on October 6.
However, Mr Bullen said it seemed "absolutely ridiculous" that only 10 individuals or groups would submit on such a significant community project. Because the email address given on the QLDC website was wrong, many more submissions might not have reached their destination.
He did not discover the email address error until the submission deadline day, when he tried unsuccessfully to send his own submission to the council.
"[The email] bounced back ... and I know quite a few people who got bounced. Some [reject messages] took 24 hours, some took more than 24 hours, some never saw the reject - it may have gone to spam or whatever."
He contacted the council and was advised another submitter had already pointed out the mistake, which was subsequently fixed.
QLDC project manager Ken Gousmett knew of at least two submissions that initially did not get through.
"There might be others that I'm not aware of and we invite people, if they got a bounce-back signal, to resend or drop off their submissions [to the QLDC office or Wanaka Library]," Mr Gousmett said.
"We're certainly keen to hear from anyone. We don't want anyone to feel they've tried and failed."
Mr Bullen had "serious concerns" the stakeholder consultation described in the draft report, which stated he had been consulted as board chairman, was incorrect.
"I have not been consulted ... and our board has, right from day one, said that we don't support the structure of what they're doing ... if they've misquoted me, who else have they misquoted?"
His submission on behalf of the primary school was "completely opposed" to the draft proposal for the sports complex.
"I think they're [QLDC] being led by consultants and they're misrepresenting people in this decision ... they're kind of asking the questions but they're just ignoring the answers."
He objected to a decision-making process which "lacked detailed estimates" on costs.
Also, the school's management had always preferred the showgrounds site on the Wanaka waterfront which was previously considered as an alternative location and it wanted an aquatic centre to be built at Kellys Flat reserve near Wanaka's schools, rather than co-located at the sports complex as planned.
Mr Gousmett said while he "completely sympathised" with education providers' desire for an aquatic centre close by, that decision was "outside the brief" of the Wanaka Sports Facility steering group.
Some submitters had asked that more land be acquired at Three Parks for sports facilities, which would be passed on to the Wanaka Community Board. Mr Gousmett would personally talk to submitters to explain some of the matters raised.
The sports facility steering group has discussed the latest submissions on the draft report and the amended report will be ready for publishing on the QLDC website later this month.
The correct email address for submissions is: services@qldc.govt.nz
