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New resource consent application lodged with Environment Court

After a lot of behind the scenes activity MainPower’s proposal for a wind farm on Mt Cass is about to take another big step forward, with a new resource consent application having recently been lodged with the Hurunui District Council.

This follows a major re-design of the wind farm layout to avoid environmentally sensitive areas of the site. The re-design was an important part of an extensive mediation we had with the District Council, Department of Conservation, the Canterbury Regional Council and others.

Our new consent application has now been notified by Hurunui District Council – this means it is open to public submissions, which close on 28 June.

That application will then be combined with our earlier application and there will be an Environment Court hearing on the revised proposal, likely to be held in late 2010.

In the mean-time we will continue discussions with the parties to the mediation on appropriate conditions and hope to resolve any remaining concerns ahead of the court hearing.

Click here to read the latest Local Generation newsletter with more information about our new application.