The owners of Hillend Station have applied to make changes to consent conditions for development plans.
The 2665ha station is on the western side of the Cardrona Valley and includes much of the eastern face of Mt Alpha and valley floor accessed from Cardrona Valley Rd.
Former owner Infinity Investment Group began in 1999 obtaining planning consent for two options before selling the farm for $25 million plus GST in 2008 to JIT Hillend Investment Ltd, a company associated with Trade Me founder Sam Morgan.
JIT Hillend Investment returned to the first consented option developed by Infinity, which would result in a 37-lot subdivision.
The company subsequently obtained a High Court declaration to determine the location of residential building platforms and resource consent for boundary adjustments.
JIT Hillend Investment has now applied to vary and cancel resource consent conditions and to surrender existing consent notices-easements and subdivision and land-use consent to delineate farm-leased areas.
Lakes Environmental planner Richard Campion explained the company was essentially seeking approval to change the way the sites were serviced by creating a single lot with all the services in it, negating the need for easements.
There were also "very minor" changes being sought to some of the building platforms, which needed reorienting in response to a specialist report on fault hazards.
The developers were also applying to lease the residual areas of the lots back to the station for farming purposes, Mr Campion said.
Some earthworks and services to the site have already been carried out.
