SH6 at Cromwell Ltd had sought the private plan change to rezone 5.8ha of land on the corner of McNulty Rd and State Highway 6 from rural resource area to industrial resource area. The land would then be subdivided into 18 lots.
The hearings panel announced yesterday it had approved the application, with a modification requiring landscaping along SH6 be done as part of the initial subdivision.
During the March 2 hearing into the application, Peter Dymock, of Paterson Pitts Ltd Partnership, presented evidence on behalf of Pat Cummings, a director of SH6 at Cromwell Ltd.
Mr Dymock said Mr Cummings, of Dunedin, had been the developer of much of the McNulty Rd industrial and commercial precinct.
''Mr Cummings therefore has a proven track record as a successful and responsible developer, well attuned to the market,'' Mr Dymock said.
Mr Dymock said there was already strong interest in sites in the development, and there was demand for large sites with easy access to SH6.
There was a limited amount of undeveloped industrial zoned land in Cromwell and it was important to provide more land to cater for future growth, he said.
