Construction of a helipad for medical emergencies at the new Wanaka Lakes Health Centre is still to begin, after consent for the project was granted more than two months ago.
Wanacare Ltd, the company which owns the centre, and the Wanaka and Districts Lions Club made a joint application for land use consent for the helipad and variations to an approved landscaping plan.
Lions member Robin Patterson, who prepared the resource consent application, said the helipad was a "community project" with which the club wanted to be involved with, but he declined to comment further on when construction would begin.
Wanaka Lakes Health Centre operations manager Richard Beven also declined to give any details on the project's status at this stage.
The non-notified consent was granted on July 8, with a series of conditions, including that the helipad only be used for emergency medical evacuations or deliveries - making it a permitted activity - and that a log of flight movements be kept.
In assessing the helipad application, Lakes Environmental environmental health officer Zoe Hammett said given the distance the closest residential dwelling was to the proposed helipad - 90m - and the likely frequency of use, noise from the helipad was not likely to breach noise provisions.
