Graphic: Enviroark ArchitectsA senior council planner who recommended consent be declined for a new church and associated facilities at Frankton changed his mind at the conclusion of a resource consent hearing in Queenstown yesterday. Access to the church site was about 70m west of the Hawthorne Dr roundabout - proposed to be moved further west, and access to Alpine Investments' site was further west again. Bunnings proposed all traffic from the south and west would go around the Hawthorne Dr roundabout to enter Bunnings from the rear. Alpine Investments also had concerns relating to visual effects, given no landscaping had been proposed for the northern boundary between its site and the proposed church. Lawyer Jayne MacDonald, on behalf of the applicant, said consenting the church development would not compromise or constrain access to Alpine Investments' site and access could still be provided.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 18, 2017 16:07 UTC