Celebrity chef Annabel Langbein's plans to further develop the Dublin Bay property she owns with husband Ted Hewetson have been put on hold.
A resource consent hearing held at the Edgewater Resort to consider the proposal has been adjourned.
The couple are seeking consent to create a two-lot subdivision, identify a residential platform to construct three other buildings with additional earthworks, and to make changes to prior resource consents granted in 2011 and 2012.
After opening the hearing yesterday, commissioner Dennis Nugent asked members of the public and media to leave the hearing room so a matter of ''sensitivity'' could be discussed.
The hearing was opened to the public and media after about 15 minutes.
Mr Nugent said the hearing would be adjourned because the commission had concerns over aspects of the application.
The applicant's counsel, Graeme Todd, said he would seek further information from his clients about how to proceed.
Mr Nugent, fellow commissioner Bob Nixon, and counsel Mr Todd declined to say what the concerns were.
Mr Nugent said because of the busy resource consent hearing schedule in the district it was unlikely the hearing would resume this year.
Mr Todd had already filed an application to have the hearing postponed before yesterday's adjournment.
