Northport expansion gets approval with updated conditions

Northport expansion gets approval with updated conditions
A render showing the proposed eastern expansion at Northport. (Image: Supplied)
John Anthony
Northport Group has successfully appealed an earlier decision blocking its resource consent for a planned expansion.The company, which is 50% owned by the Port of Tauranga, 43% by the Northland Regional Council and 7% by Ngāpuhi Investment Fund Tupu Tonu, applied to the Northland Regional and Whangārei District councils in 2022 for consent to build a 13ha eastern extension to its container terminal.Northport’s expansion at Marsden Point near Whangārei in Northland, involving nearly 12ha of reclamation, a 250m wharf extension and extensive...

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