A bold plan to build three retirement apartment blocks plus 10 retail shops, behind the Warkworth Inn in Queen Street, will be submitted to Auckland Council for resource consent early next month.
Although the project is non-complying – the site is zoned commercial; the building height exceeds what is permissible under the District Plan and at least six trees will be removed – the developers are confident it’s “the right development, in the right location”.
A kauri clinker sailing dinghy now on permanent display at The Kauri Museum, at Matakohe, was recognised as “a national treasure” by Museum Trust Board chairman Derek Hope at last week’s gifting ceremony.
Rural landowners in Rodney hoping for some form of rates relief in Auckland Council’s annual plan are likely to be disappointed.
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