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A proposal for a five-storey hotel, apartment complex and marina in Riverhead was announced at a Rodney Local Board meeting last month.
Alston Developments is proposing to build Riverhead Resort on vacant land on the waterfront, next to The Riverhead Tavern.
Co-director Steve Edge said the company was planning to lodge a resource consent for three five-storey buildings at the end of this month.
Two of the buildings would operate as a hotel and serviced apartments, while the third would be sold as private apartments to help recoup building costs.
The buildings would have a 1800m2 footprint, sitting on 6000m2 of land.
Mr Edge said he was meeting with neighbours and stakeholders in the area and was holding a public meeting at the end of last month. The project would be a non-complying activity and would be a notified consent.
He said the building was being developed to service the increasing numbers of visitors to the town. The 24-berth marina would be created by dredging mudflats and removing mangroves, and would involve reclaiming an area for a park.
Mr Edge said dredge spoil could be used in a housing development he was involved with in Kumeu.
He said that if the hotel and apartment complex was not consented, the marina would not go ahead. But if the consent for the marina was declined, the apartments would still proceed.
Board chair Brenda Steele said the project would be very controversial for the small Riverhead community.
