Auckland Council green lights $2.3b Drury plan, despite threat of legal action

Photo: Supplied / LDRAuckland Council has approved a plan to collect $1.1 billion from developers in Drury over the next 30 years. But the threat of legal action still hangs over the council's proposal, which is now expected to come into effect from 1 June. A report to council in February said developers opposed to the council's plans in Drury could seek a judicial review. He said the threat of legal action from developers was par for the course. "Developers have far too often got a bit of a free ride and the ratepayers and the councils end up paying."