A developer proposing a $90 million shopping centre and retirement village north of Auckland hopes Government intervention might push his project through.
Thursday, September 15th 2005, 8:27AM
by The Landlord
In the meantime, he is taking roading agency Transit NZ to the Environment Court.
Neil Barr, of Perrendale Holdings, wants to build the 250-unit Summerset Falls retirement village and the 25,000sq m Stockyard Falls bulk retail centre at Warkworth.
He hopes Transport Minister Pete Hodgson will sort out a conflict with Transit, which has objected to the development because it will cause major traffic snarl-ups at a key intersection.
Barr has approval for the retirement village but he will not build it without the shopping centre.
Based on Transit's objections, Rodney District Council commissioners rejected a plan change which would have allowed the shopping centre to go ahead.
Rodney Mayor John Law said earlier this year that congestion in the area was already intolerable and Transit was simply reinforcing a case for a western bypass.
