Bid to subdivide rejected

A Queenstown real estate agent's application to subdivide her Quail Rise property has been refused.

Helen Broomfield applied for consent to subdivide off the part of her Portree Dr property on which she has built a residential flat.

Her application, which drew 42 opposing submissions, was strongly criticised by five residents at a public hearing before commissioner Denis Nugent last month.

They told Mr Nugent the proposal would open the way for further subdivision and infill housing in the suburb, and breach private covenants on titles preventing homeowners from subdividing their sections.

Ms Broomfield's proposal required non-complying consent because it would have created an additional lot to the 35 originally specified for Quail Rise's first stage. It also breached rules for site coverage and internal boundary setbacks.

In his decision released on Tuesday, Mr Nugent said the proposal's potential adverse effects would be more than minor, and contrary to provisions of the Quail Rise zone.

That zone's objectives included the level of amenity value expected from a strategy of low-density residential development.

Subdividing the existing lot into two would "not lead to pleasant functioning of the residential activities", he said.

Granting the application could also create a precedent, encouraging others to make similar applications and breaching the cap for the number of lots expected for the area.


 

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Queenstown must stop the sprawl. Sprawl is very costly for the council, environment, families and the attraction of the the town. Queenstown must build more CBD living so people can walk and use PT

 

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