Development approved
A $2 million shopping complex planned for Riccarton was approved in a reserved decision by the Planning Tribunal on Monday. The developer, Fenhall Nominees, Ltd, wants to build the complex on 274 perches of land between Clarence Street and Rotheram Street. The Riccarton Borough Council agreed to the plan. Foodstuffs, Christchurch Co-operative Society, Riccarton Mall Supermarket, Ltd, and W. J. Turner, Ltd, objected. They-j said the development create traffic
problems and leave an area between Rotheram Street and Division Street underdeveloped. The complex would also have a bad effect on existing businesses. The tribunal — Judge Sheppard, Messrs P. A. Catchpole and K. A. Earles — said evidence by traffic engineers showed that the development would not create problems. Claims by the appellants that the complex would have a bad effect on businesses were not supported by any detail, it said. The tribunal ordered the appellants to pay $lOOO each to the council and Itenhall Nominees, in costs, flk
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Press, 3 October 1985, Page 8
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