Post by Brent George on Sept 18, 2022 20:14:08 GMT
Arrowtown local fights 'mansions' planned for town's greenbelt
Stuff - Business:19-Sept-2022
A man who owns a historic Arrowtown gold miner’s cottage is preparing an uphill fight against encroaching development.
Dave Hanan says planning laws mean he is the only person who can fight proposals by his high-profile neighbours – including Sir Michael Hill, former Serious Fraud Office head Adam Feeley, and developer John Guthrie – in the Environment Court.
They all wanted to build “mansions” on the fringes of Arrowtown, Hanan claimed, and he was trying to protect the town from “urban bleed”.
For 30 years, the Arrowtown community has supported a rural greenbelt around the well-defined edges of the town, population 2800.
Stuff - Business:19-Sept-2022
A man who owns a historic Arrowtown gold miner’s cottage is preparing an uphill fight against encroaching development.
Dave Hanan says planning laws mean he is the only person who can fight proposals by his high-profile neighbours – including Sir Michael Hill, former Serious Fraud Office head Adam Feeley, and developer John Guthrie – in the Environment Court.
They all wanted to build “mansions” on the fringes of Arrowtown, Hanan claimed, and he was trying to protect the town from “urban bleed”.
For 30 years, the Arrowtown community has supported a rural greenbelt around the well-defined edges of the town, population 2800.