QLDC won't appeal Pak 'n' Save decision

Proposed Pak 'n' Save site.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council has decided not to appeal the Environment Court decision to issue consent for a Pak ‘n' Save supermarket to be developed at Frankton Flats.

The consent was granted by Judge Jon Jackson after Foodstuffs appealed an earlier decision from a QLDC commissioner to decline the original resource consent application.

"Council has spent the last decade investing considerable resources into the strategy and planning for the Frankton Flat Areas," Mayor Vanessa van Uden said.

"In this case the Commissioners made the right decision with regard to the fact that the selected site is zoned rural general, but the Environment Court was able to take more of an overview and this Council respects the Court's decision."

The Council discussed the matter at meeting in Queenstown this afternoon.