Early fast-track applicants still waiting for panels for port and housing developments

Early fast-track applicants still waiting for panels for port and housing developments
Port of Auckland is one of the first three fast-track applicants. (Image: POAL)
Oliver Lewis
The first three projects to enter the new fast-track consenting regime were referred to a panel convener in late March, but panels have yet to be set up. On March 13, Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop and Regional Development Minister Shane Jones used the opening day of the New Zealand Infrastructure Investment Summit to announce that the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) had deemed the project applications – for a port upgrade and two housing developments – to be complete.The completeness test is the first stage of t...

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