Environment Court to hear Queenstown Airport application
The government has decided extending Queenstown Airport is an issue of national significance and the application will go straight to the Environment Court.
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The government has decided extending Queenstown Airport is an issue of national significance and the application will go straight to the Environment Court.
Environment Minister Nick Smith said today the application to the Environment Protection Authority from the Queenstown Airport Corporation was to alter the airport to include 19.1ha owned by Remarkables Park Ltd.
"Queenstown is a place of national significance and the airport is the gateway to an iconic region of New Zealand that is growing as a tourist destination," he said.
"That is why I have accepted that it is a nationally significant application...with the Environment Court already considering applications relating to rezoning and timing of flights allowed in and out of the airport, the most sensible way forward is for this application to be considered in the same forum."
Dr Smith said there would be a fair opportunity for all parties to express their views.
NZPA
Mon, 21 Feb 2011
Mon, 21 Feb 2011
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Environment Court to hear Queenstown Airport application
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