The economic impact — whether bad or good — would be "irreversibly transformational" for Wanaka, and the plans did not focus on social impacts at all, which was "fundamentally wrong".
If the film studios must go ahead, a proposed 2.9km pathway from Wanaka to the development site should be the "minimum" condition attached to any resource consent, the association says.
The Mt Barker Residents Association is one of several organisations invited to send comments to an expert panel overseeing the fast track consent process.
The association’s document is dated September 28 and was leaked to the Otago Daily Times.
Association chairman Jerry Rowley confirmed the Otago Daily Times could use it.
The document says Wanaka is enduring the "relentless fervour of local property developers, who have also dictated what our town will look like and how it will grow. We appear to have no control over them".
"And now we have Silverlight, who will also attempt to dictate (whether accidentally or on purpose) what our town will look like if their application is approved.
"Further, the sponsors of this application are attempting to do this under the cover of central government’s Covid-19 fast track consent process, which strikes us as entirely inappropriate," the document says.
The document says Silverlight must show how to mitigate the impact of more than 4000 people moving into the district and make far greater commitments to the community.
The development of any tourism enterprise associated with Silverlight would be "completely unwarranted, unacceptable and will meaningfully degrade the quality of life" of residents, the document said.
The Upper Clutha Environmental Society last month released comments supporting the Silverlight development, based on perceived economic benefits and jobs it would bring to the district.
However, the society sought conditions, including a 2.9km shared cycle and pedestrian path from Wanaka to Corbridge Farm, near Wanaka Airport.
The Upper Clutha Tracks Trust and Active Transport Wanaka yesterday threw their weight behind the call for the shared pathway.
Trust spokesman John Wellington and Active Transport Wanaka spokesman Simon Telfer said in a joint media release that initial conversations with Silverlight about the pathway had been positive.
