Stratford designer Wayne Bloor is thrilled he can carry on with his held-up projects, since the district council decided to change its guidelines. A Taranaki council has amended construction guidelines it introduced last month after push back from dozens in the building industry. In July, the Stratford District Council introduced rules that required a specific soil test to be carried out, and a report attached, for all building consents. But this caused an outcry within the district's construction community, who said the test “doesn’t work for Taranaki" soil and would always fail it. SIMON O'CONNOR/Stuff The council's guidelines saw some construction grind to a halt, and concerns raised about the mental health of those in the industry.

Source: Stuff August 11, 2021 18:00 UTC