Te Anau development gets consent

Thursday, 10 March 2011

A proposed visitor centre on the outskirts of Te Anau has been granted resource consent by the Southland District Council. Fiordland Lifestyle Properties Limited applied for consent to establish, construct, operate and maintain a visitor centre at 2 Alpine Drive, Te Anau, and the consent was issued following a hearing in Te Anau on Thursday 10 February.  Council resource management planner Matt Hunter said the consent has been issued, subject to a set of 16 detailed conditions. The application was publicly notified and 25 submissions, both in support and opposing the proposal, were received.

One of the key concerns was the potential for the proposed development to fragment the existing retail centre of Te Anau. However, Council's resource management committee, in its decision approving the development, said at the land which was the subject of the application had recently been rezoned from rural to urban via a District Plan change, and the proposed development was largely compliant with the urban provisions of the District Plan.

  Also, a previous proposal to establish a commercial zone based around the existing town centre to minimise the potential for retail fragmentation had not proceeded following community feedback at the time.

 The committee put extensive conditions on visual effects, landscaping, noise management and access and parking arrangements.

 Both the applicant and submitters can appeal the decision to the Environment Court within 15 working days from receiving the decision.

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