Three submissions - two in support and one neutral - have been received so far on a proposal by the Queenstown Lakes District Council to dump its treated sewage sludge near Tarras.
The council has applied to the Central Otago District Council for consents to store and discharge up to 2000cu m of sludge on a 3500ha Ardgour Rd property each year.
Submissions close on May 20.
The Central Otago District Council's planning team leader, Ann Rodgers, yesterday said three had been received so far.
"Usually, people wait until the end of the submission time before sending them in, though," she said.
Under the proposal, solid waste derived from raw sewage would be transported from the Wanaka wastewater treatment plant and stored on an uncovered concrete pad at a Tarras property, owned by Wanaka residents Bruce and Linda Jolly.
Once a year, it would be applied to paddocks on the farm property.
