Beachlands developer threatens council with legal action

Beachlands developer threatens council with legal action
Brett Russell, managing director of Russell Property Group. (Image: NZME)
Oliver Lewis
A developer working with the New Zealand Super Fund has threatened Auckland council with legal action if councillors adopt a proposed future development strategy.The planning, environment and parks committee was meant to consider whether to adopt the strategy at a meeting on Thursday; however, a decision was made on Wednesday to push this out to Nov 2.Before the planned meeting, Russell Property Group managing director Brett Russell wrote to councillors outlining his concerns with the future development strategy (FDS), a statutory requirement m...

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