An aerial view of what the Waterfall Park development will look like. PHOTO: SUPPLIEDQueenstown developer Chris Meehan has been given the go-ahead by the Environment Court to build a new road to access Waterfall Park. The road consent was appealed by neighbours Peter, Jillian and Simon Beadle to the Environment Court and the appeal was joined by the Arrowtown Landscape Protection Society Inc. Days earlier, on May 24, Judge John Hassan disallowed the road appeal, added two conditions and said the consent would be confirmed. In his decision Judge Hassan said the primary ground for the road appeal was the "significant" adverse landscape effects.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 07, 2019 16:30 UTC