Counsel for the Central Otago District Council, Jan Caunter, told commissioners considering a plan change that would allow the development, that the council opposed the application in its entirety and asked that the commissioners refuse it. Mr Meehan is seeking the plan change to allow Winton Group and its company River Terrace Development Ltd to build the residential development on land zoned rural and rural residential 3km from the Cromwell town centre. Ms Caunter said there were a number of ''very well qualified'' experts who had challenged the reasons Mr Meehan put forward for the development to proceed. Ms Caunter was giving evidence on the second day of a reconvened hearing into plan change 13. Ms Caunter asked the commissioners to treat the whole approach to affordability with absolute caution.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 03, 2019 16:32 UTC