Councillors wary as Gull prepares to swoop into Mangawhai

The prospect of a potentially noisy, busy unstaffed 24-hour petrol station on Mangawhai’s main thoroughfare prompted significant discussion at a recent Kaipara District Council meeting, with some elected members voicing concerns about the proposal. Gull’s application for resource consent (RC), lodged last spring, was not on the table at the June 28 meeting. Rather, the agenda included a narrow request that the council grant easement of right of way to improve access to the corner site, opposite the Mangawhai Museum on Molesworth Drive. Still, the broader proposal for a petrol station – and the...