Environment
Court Update January 2012
SSOSI will defend the decision by Rodney District Council Commissioners to reject the
Marina Society's application
for a Resource Consent for land based activities in the Environment Court.Auckland Council will not defend the appeal by the SYC Marina Society
and has indicated it is willing to settle the matter by consent. SSOSI now shoulders the
responsibility for protecting the Sandspit environment, and preserving the public
interest alone.
SSOSI has received a grant from the Environmental Legal Aid Fund to
assist us to fund a properly resourced team to defend the appeal. We have been able to
engage the services of a highly reputed team, barrister, a planner, a traffic engineer, a
landscape architect and a marine ecologist.
The evidence that will be presented, by expert and lay witnesses, has
been circulated to all the parties, and we are confident that we will be able to present a
strong case to the Court.
We are expecting the hearing date to commence mid January 2012.
SSOSI thanks the team members who have prepared and will give
evidence to the Court for their commitment and the quality of their work. It has been a
monumental effort, delivered to tight deadlines. |
