Appeal to Environment Court

Action Meadowbank Inc has lodged an appeal against the decision of the Council. This was done after careful consideration and evaluation as we strongly believe that the matter is worth pursuing to protect our suburb, and the wider city, from inappropriate development.

The front page of last Friday's Courier shows that we are not alone in this fight. If you support our opposition to this development, then we invite you to apply to join the Society if you have not done so already. To join, please send me an email expressing your interest in becoming a member. There is NO financial obligation or liability in joining, however donations are always welcome! And we can always find work for willing hands.

The current process could take around 6 months to get to a decision from the Environment Court, and there are further appeals options that may be available to Qualcare or us following any decision. Qualcare have a significant investment to protect so they will not want to walk away from this, but rather get building as soon as possible. They will be hoping their money, and the stress and disruption of this process on local residents, will buy them the decision they want. We believe the District Plan is quite specific and a development as proposed is not at all consistent with the Plan – our challenge is to pursue that decision through the Courts.

Please support us in our action.