Mountain Scene
By PHILIP CHANDLER
Sparks are flying over how a section got split into two in Queenstown’s Quail Rise when subdivision’s not allowed in the suburb.
Caught in the crossfire are Queenstown’s council, for allowing the subdivision, and developer David Broomfield, who put in covenants to stop this happening.
Ironically, the fuss is over a section part-owned by his daughter, Helen Broomfield.
An original application to allow a second standalone residence at 11 Portree Drive attracted at least 40 opposing submissions.
Yet last month council gave non-notified consent for the two-lot subdivision.
Objector Adrian Snow says residents’ main concerns relate to precedence.