“You are being advised of this withdrawal because you made a submission on this application which was publicly notified on August 15,” the notice said.
People in the area had feared dust, trucks and a threat to their quiet lifestyle from the project.
Anti-project lobby group, Hunua Ararimu Paparimu Valley Residents Association, outlined objections on its website.
The scale of activity would significantly affect the rural community, with potential impacts on local roads, waterways, and the surrounding environment, the website said.
The applicants wanted to develop about 9.3ha of land of a 40ha site and filling could reach depths of 60m, locals complained.
The developer sought to establish and operate a managed fill facility to receive 1,364,466cu m of fill material during those 16 years.
A land use consent was sought for construction and operation.
That is required under the Auckland Unitary Plan and Resource Management.
A discharge permit was also sought for the discharge of contaminants.
A streamworks permit was applied for.
That was for the reclamation of 35m of an intermittent stream and the reclamation of areas of natural inland wetland.
Williamson Water and Land Advisory’s Laila Alkamil was the contact person named in last year’s original application.
But today John Williamson, a director of Williamson Water and Land Advisory, said the Resource Management Act made this application too difficult.
The company had prepared the application documents, which went to the council.
It also undertook technical assessments, including hydrology, he said.
Anne Gibson has been the Herald‘s property editor for 26 years, written books and covered property extensively here and overseas.
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