Questions were raised about the intent of a resource consent application at a hearing in Wanaka yesterday.
The hearing was for an application by developer Allenby Farms Ltd to obtain a boundary adjustment subdivision consent and enable Peak View Ridge, a private cul-de-sac, to be vested or dedicated as road.
Counsel for the applicant Warrick Goldsmith described it as a ''straightforward, rather limited, application''.
Residents of Peak View Ridge submitted on the application.
They believed the underlying goal of the application was to turn Peak View Ridge into a primary access point to about 400 homes yet to be developed in the Northlake special zone, and it did not take into account the effects of the change - that traffic on the road would increase from 15 to 30 vehicle movements per day to nearly 3000.
While the road would indeed be built to a standard to serve up to 800 residences, Mr Goldsmith told the hearing panel of independent commissioners Lee Beattie and David Mead to be careful not to expand their scope when coming to a decision.
''The application does not seek any consent which would enable Peak View Ridge to be used as a vehicle roading link between the Northlake special zone and Aubrey Rd.''
However, this application was the first step of four in securing that road connection, he said.
A separate consent would be applied for later to authorise the use of Peak View Ridge as a link between the Northlake special zone and Aubrey Rd.
Mr Goldsmith also submitted if the current consent application was granted, the road would not be built unless the future consent was also granted.
There was also debate among the parties about the landscaping conditions.
Mr Beattie adjourned the hearing and said the commissioners had ''a lot to reflect on'' before they could make a decision.
