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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33774, 21 February 1975, Page 14

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' “Viewing with concern the untidy state of the site,” the; Waimairi County Council last! evening asked Canterbury 1 Forest Products, Ltd, to com-: ply with town-planning con-: Editions set when the company was allowed to es-j tablish its wood-chip mill at 565 Sawyers Arms Road. “It is apparent that the : company has made no effort; to maintain the site in a tidy | manner, and in order to pre- ! sent some reasonable appear-1 ance until the landscaping' and planting is established,' the council requires the site ; ;to be fenced,” the towni planning committee reported 'to the council. The company, which applied last month for permisision to sell sawdust and bark from the mill, was refused permission to do so until the' original conditions for the 'mill are complied with. Cr F. Chisholm said that -! non-compliance with town- ; I planning requirements could -be taken to the Supreme Coust where the capital value li of the property concerned exceeded $20,000. Another com•(mercial advantage should not ■; be given to the company “ when it had not observed the i conditions.