Helicopter Landing Sites in Residential Areas

[Brent George]

Aucklanders to have their say on wealthy couple's helicopter flight application
Stuff - National: 17-July-2022

Aucklanders will get to have their say on a wealthy Herne Bay couple's application to increase the number of permitted helicopter flights from their backyard next week.

In a surprise turn, the resource consent application will be publicly notified and open for submission, at the request of the applicants Simon and Paula Herbert.

The Herberts’ consultant planner had initially argued extensively to the council that the consent did not need to be notified, either publicly or among the immediate neighbours.

[Not as annoying as a cacophony of leaf-blowers?..... 

[Brent George]

Aucklanders rally against 'selfish' bid by rich listers to add helicopter flights
Stuff - National: 4-Jan-2023

Aucklanders are ready for a ban on private helicopters in residential areas, if a public consultation is anything to go by.

In July, Aucklanders got their say on an application by wealthy Herne Bay couple, Simon and Paula Herbert – who want to increase their permitted helicopter flights to two return flights a day, with a cap of four return flights in a week.

The submissions were never released after the Herberts withdrew their application, but in total there were 130 submissions – all of them opposed.