Month: June 2021
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The Waima Treatment Plant application – round 1 to Watercare
The Watercare decision has been released and the independent panel has chosen to grant Watercare’s application to clear 3.5 hectares of pristine bush in Waima located in the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area. This is regrettable. I have said previously that in assessing the merits of this application the Waitakere Ranges Local Board’s concern is that…
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The Glen Eden Cycleway
This is my personal take on local interest in the Glen Eden Cycleway recently created on part of Captain Scott Road. Cycleways have been in the news lately. They seem to provoke considerable dissent wherever they are implemented. If they are stand alone new infrastructure then opposition is muted. But Auckland in particular is so…
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Local Board feedback on the Nola’s Development
Following is the local board feedback that we have provided to Auckland Council on the proposed Nola’s Development. Essentially we are fine with intensification but it has to be in the right place. “This is local board feedback from the Waitakere Ranges Local Board to the application for consent for an intensive development of the…