The Cromwell Motorsport Park Trust Ltd, owned by Tony Quinn, trading as Highlands Motorsport Park, already has land use consent for the 13.91ha ''commercial park'' where the apartments will be located, within the 87ha motorsport facility.
The trust has applied to the Central Otago District Council for subdivision consent to create 12 allotments from two lots and to build 12 apartments.
The subdivision is a non-complying activity as it will create allotments with an average area of less than 2ha in a rural resource area.
The allotments have an average area of about 148sq m and a minimum area of 144sq m.
The subdivision proposal was not publicly notified.
Council planning consultant David Whitney said when the council granted consent in September last year for Highlands to subdivide the land within the commercial park, one of the conditions was for a design review board to be set up.
The board will have to approve all buildings within the commercial park.
The last resource consent anticipated apartments would be built above garages on site, he said.
The subdivision would have a minor effect on the open space, landscape, natural character and amenity values of the area.
Mr Whitney has recommended consent be given, subject to 25 conditions.
The matter will be discussed by the council's hearings panel on Tuesday.
In its application, the trust said the main access to the subdivision would be from Cemetery Rd.
The apartments would be bought as a package and there would be a ''uniformity'' to them.
Each apartment would be located on its own freehold title.
''The subdivision will have little or no effect in terms of visual amenity, services and precedent and it simply represents continued development and enhancement of an attractive, well-designed activity that is playing an important role in the sustainability of the local economy and wider community,'' the trust's application said.
