Leigh luxury resort works through consents

While plans for a 22-guest resort on land overlooking the Leigh Harbour are still going through the Auckland Council consent process, earthworks are underway on the site.

The property is owned by Carmel and Hugh Fischer through their company Panetiki. It has local hapu Ngati Manuhiri‘s Omaha Marae as a neighbour.

The Ngati Manuhiri Settlement Trust, although not the Omaha Marae Trust which overseas management of the marae, has come out fighting at the prospect of the development on the marae doorstep and has threatened occupation if the project is given consent.

An Council spokesperson says there are several building consents that have already been issued for the site, some of which involve limited earthworks. The work is subject to on-going inspections by Council’s building inspections team, with the next inspection scheduled for this month.

The spokesperson says there has been no decision on the project’s resource consent application, which is still being assessed.