The Wooing Tree vineyard site. Photo: SuppliedThe first sod will be turned at a new Cromwell subdivision this month following resolution of strong opposition in the development’s planning stages. The Central Otago District Council hearings panel considered the plan change in November 2017 and released its decision in February 2018, allowing the plan change, with conditions. A group of submitters — the Lakefield Estate Unincorporated Group — opposed the decision and the subsequent mediation delayed a start on the subdivision. Wooing Tree vineyard owner Steve Farquharson said he was excited about seeing construction start.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 31, 2020 16:30 UTC