The public will get a say on the latest fast-track housing proposal for Queenstown.
They have until August 5 to provide informal feedback on a plan for a 20ha subdivision by the highway between Lake Hayes and Frankton.
The Glenpanel Special Housing Area (SHA) proposes 207 lots for the greenfields site, as well as landscaped areas and cycleways.
It was announced yesterday by Maryhill Ltd, a company owned by Sharyn and Grant Stalker - developers of the nearby Shotover Country subdivision - along with their son Kristan and his wife Emma.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council will consider recommending the proposal for SHA status to the Government at an extraordinary meeting early next month, but has yet to set a date.
The Housing Accords and Special Housing Areas Act does not require formal consultation on SHAs.
But the council has called for informal feedback on all SHA proposals since a public backlash followed its signing off on the district's first, Bridesdale Farm, without seeking public input.
Kristan Stalker told Mountain Scene the development would mostly be high density, including some multi-unit lots, to keep section prices lower.
Larger sections of between 600sq m and 700sq m would be closest to the highway, but be set back about 80m.
The seven SHAs already approved by the Government for Queenstown will total nearly 1000 homes, but Mr Stalker said there was no risk of housing over-supply.
"For the next 10 to 15 years, the population projections certainly won't be dealt with by 1000 new homes.''
The last development to receive SHA status is directly across the highway from the Glenpanel proposal.
The Queenstown Country Club, a retirement village consisting of more than 300 villas, serviced apartments, staff accommodation units and a 72-bed rest-home care facility, was approved by the Government on Tuesday.
