"This is the council picking a fight with a developer to hinder development," Mr Porter told the Otago Daily Times when he contacted the paper to discuss the submission.
Remarkables Park Ltd (RPL) turns over about $10 million annually and is run by Mr Porter and brothers John and Robert.
With its "negative" stance on the plan change, the council was threatening local jobs in construction and undermining Queenstown's economy, Mr Porter, who is also chairman of the Queenstown Chamber of Commerce, said.
The council's submission, which states RPL's private plan change 34 is "too weak and and does not prevent poor design outcomes" is "slanted" and "highly inappropriate" and will cost ratepayers an estimated $100,000 in litigation fees.
"[The] council will now have to go and get expert opinion to back up their claims," he said.
"It's ridiculous of council to claim they are now promoting integrated planning by holding up our responsible approach to development, and their claim that they were seeking to prevent poor design outcomes cannot be substantiated," Mr Porter said.
In the submission, QLDC regulatory and corporate services manager Roger Taylor said the council had not had the chance to weigh up the merits of plan change 34 before it was lodged and it had "not necessarily been formulated in accordance with the existing district plan" or the growth management or urban design strategies.
Mr Porter said Mr Taylor had had five months to go through the plan change, a revised version of which was re-lodged on Christmas Eve.
When RPL learned about the council's submission, it requested an urgent meeting with the council.
"It's just not credible that he didn't have the time to discuss it with us ... Mr Taylor might have just had the courtesy to pick up the phone and talk to us," he said.
Mr Porter questions why the council was not supporting the plan change "in particular, the expansion to the shopping centre, which is so well used by Queenstown residents and visitors and provides free car parking, attractive and affordable shopping - all at a no maintenance cost to ratepayers".
The economic development RPL proposes "will provide more building work, more jobs, more affordable shopping and more rates to help council pay its way".
Remarkables Park is next to Queenstown Airport and Mr Porter defends the plan change request for doubling the height of certain buildings from 9m to 18m, saying commercial recreation buildings like gymnasiums and indoor sports facilities could require the extra height.
"Buildings for these purposes in this zone are not constrained by any restrictive covenant. Heights to 18m are consistent to heights in runway protection zone activity areas to the south and hangars to the north of the airport are not height-restricted," he said.
