Consent has been lodged with the Queenstown Lakes District Council for a two-chair oral health clinic near Lakes District Hospital.
Proposed by the Southern District Health Board, the clinic was first mooted by public health specialist oral health services clinical leader Dr Tim Mackay in July.
Ministry of Health funding had been received for the project, based on the projected population figures for the Wakatipu area over the next 20 years.
The consent application said alongside the clinic, the DHB proposed to establish a 330sqm ''concrete pad'' for a visiting two-chair mobile oral health unit that would visit the Queenstown clinic during the year.
It was proposed to establish the clinic in Douglas St, opposite the hospital.
It would service primary school children in Queenstown, Frankton and Arrowtown, as well as other remote primary schools.
Staffing would comprise two professionals, two assistants and a receptionist.
The 129sq m building would include a waiting room, two treatment areas, an instrument-processing room, waiting area, office and staff room.
The application said eight car parks would be provided, one for people with disabilities, three standard parks near the building and four more parks in Douglas St.
Last month the Otago Daily Times revealed the board had walked away from a promised upgrade of Queenstown's hospital, saying it could not afford it because of a planned $100million rebuild of Dunedin Hospital.
The Ministry of Health is funding a feasibility study into funding options for Lakes District Hospital, which centre on a possible community trust, a model followed by Otago-Southland's five other regional hospitals.
