The owners of a Dunedin farm who had their water supply abruptly cut off by a neighbour have pulled their application to connect the property to the city's water supply.
Earlier this year Julie and Mark Caldwell's application to develop a woolshed and an outdoor area on their 41ha farm next to the Tomahawk lagoon into a wedding venue was approved by a hearings committee, despite opposition from dozens of neighbours and Ocean Grove residents.
Until recently the property, which is not connected to the city's water supply and is not charged water rates, had been receiving water from a neighbouring property, owned by the same man who sold the farm to the couple.
In February the neighbour, who is opposed to the wedding venue, altered his private plumbing which also cut off the water supply.
The Caldwells then made an application to the Dunedin City Council to have the property connected to the city's water network.
In the interim, the council installed a hose-pipe connected to another property, until the matter could be settled.
But a report from the council's regulation and policy team leader Karen Sannazzaro recommended the council decline the application.
If approved, the connection would cost about $100,000 to install and had no strategic benefit to Dunedin, Ms Sannazzaro said.
Councillors were expected to vote on the application at a full council meeting on Tuesday but it was withdrawn before it could be debated.
Mr Caldwell said he would now install a water system on the farm.
He described the situation as awkward but said it was "just one of those things".
Plans to develop the woolshed were still going ahead, but there was no set date for when it might open, he said.
