Three more parties have joined appeals on the proposed $300 million Shotover Country residential development.
These include the developers of proposed retail centre Shotover Park.
The proposed Shotover Country residential development is 10km northeast of Queenstown, between the Shotover River and Lake Hayes Estate.
The 120ha development would include up to 750 new houses and small-scale retail.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council strategy committee in November approved plan change 41 - Shotover Country.
This drew four appeals.
These were from the Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) and Arith Holdings Ltd, and two from the development proposers, the Ladies Mile Partnership.
In yesterday's committee meeting, councillors were briefed on the appeals in a report from senior policy analyst Jonathan Richards.
Mr Richards said neighbouring landowners Karl Wood and Sheena Haywood had joined the appeals list.
Mr Wood joined in support of the first Ladies Mile appeal and against the QAC and Arith appeals.
Mrs Haywood joined in support of the QAC and Arith appeals.
Mr Richards said Shotover Park joined with Arith's appeal.
It also wanted "to stop any increase of retail activity on the site".
Neighbouring landowners Helen and Preston Stevens had earlier joined the QAC and Arith Holdings appeals.
The Otago Regional Council has joined the Ladies Mile Partnership and Arith appeals in relation to flood risk issues.
Mr Richards' report advised the committee should inform the Environment Court that the council was "prepared to mediate" on the appeals.
QLDC policy planning general manager Philip Pannett emphasised the council would not be the mediator.
But he said the council would be involved in talking with parties as per the normal Environment Court process.
"All we can do at the moment is get ourselves in the best frame of mind as to what we can say to the court. With the airport, potentially, we can mediate. Arith, maybe not," he said.
Cr Simon Stamers-Smith moved to have a report on the basis of council's possible mediation brought before the next committee meeting. The motion passed with all in favour.
The QAC seeks to have the whole of the plan change deleted on the basis of reverse-sensitivity noise issues to the airport, in a bid to have mechanical ventilation and "no-complaints covenants" introduced.
Arith Holdings Ltd is a company owned by the Jacks Point developers and, as such, a trade competitor.
It also asked for the plan change to be declined on the same grounds.
The Ladies Mile Partnership's first notice of appeal seeks changes in eight areas.
These include terrace buffer-area planting, roading setbacks, and housing density.
Its second appeal seeks to repeal the reduction of an area of land - and therefore a reduction in the number of houses - which the Otago Regional Council considers to be at risk of flooding.
