A hearing begins today before an independent commissioner on a proposal to subdivide 260ha of rural Otago Peninsula land in an outstanding natural landscape area. Gerrard Eckhoff is scathing of planners and planning that make it difficult for such subdivisions to go ahead. The mayor went on to say the council would develop a comprehensive housing strategy this year to address the issue. One assumes the freeing up of land for subdivision and ensuring the building of more houses will be foremost in the strategy. They constantly state that the council oppose a rural subdivision due to the outstanding landscape.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 06, 2017 17:23 UTC