A total of 27 submissions were made by Hawea Flat residents opposed to the subdivision application from Wanaka property development company Camphill Ltd.
Queenstown Lakes District Council planning authority Lakes Environmental released the 30 public submissions made on the proposed 31-lot rural lifestyle subdivision to the Otago Daily Times yesterday.
Only two support it.
The proposal is designated as stage 3 of Camphill Estates, a residential development directed by five Wanaka businessmen: Stephen Dickey, Peter Joyce, Robin Paterson, John Ruddenklau and Stephen Winter.
The group's Camphill Ltd company already has resource consent to develop the 22ha site, which is west of Kane Rd and opposite the Hawea Flat School, into nine large rural lifestyle properties, but wants to increase the number of rural lots to 31.
The majority of opposing submitters say Camphill Ltd's proposal contravenes the QLDC district plan's rural lifestyle zone provisions, and is at odds with surrounding section sizes and property ownership.
Under the district plan, rural lifestyle lots have to be at least 1ha, whereas under Camphill's proposal most lot sizes would be about 400sq m.
Opposing submitters also questioned the need for more residential sections in the area and raised concerns about an increase in traffic.
If granted resource consent, the increased density of lots would set a precedent for other landowners to subdivide their properties, several submitters contend.
The directors of Camphill Ltd held a meeting for affected and neighbouring residents last month, outlining their plans for a new sewage and wastewater treatment plant, developed alongside the subdivision.
An upgraded water supply system - to pipe water to the existing two stages of Camphill Estates - would also be built.
A planner's report recommended by Lakes Environmental is scheduled to be completed soon, with a resource consent hearing date for the Camphill stage 3 proposal yet to be confirmed.
