Developers of Orakei Peninsula will soon hear if they need to foot the full $153,000 resource consent bill for their planned 700-apartment project.The developers Tony Gapes of Redwood Group, Knight Coldicutt partner Kerry Knight and Equinox Group's Chong
Developers of Orakei Peninsula will soon hear if they need to foot the full $153,000 resource consent bill for their planned 700-apartment project.
The developers Tony Gapes of Redwood Group, Knight Coldicutt partner Kerry Knight and Equinox Group’s Chong Du Cheng own the development through their company ORC Limited.
It paid $46,000 to Auckland City Council in 2007 when the first lot of resource consents for the project were processed but protested when it received a bill for $153,000 because a large part of the project is open for the public.
The bill's items included the five day hearing that was needed for submissions against the development to be heard.
The council held a hearing for ORC’s opposition to the invoice in December, but no one from the company attended.
A second hearing was held yesterday and Auckland City Council is currently debating whether it will contribute to the consent bill.
“The applicant turned up this time,” Auckland City Council appeals manager Robert Andrews told NBR, adding that issues discussed included whether traffic signals would be required at the entrance to the development.
Oppositions to resource consent bills are supposed to be sent in within fifteen days of receiving the invoice but ORC didn’t send its in for nearly a year.
“Council had to decide whether to even accept this, because it was lodged eleven months after the invoice was received,” Mr Andrews said.
The council’s decision is expected to be released by next week.
