PHOTO: STACY SQUIRES/STUFF Property developer James Cooney outside the dilapidated house he planned to replace with several put units before his resource consent application was declined by a hearings panel.
A Christchurch property developer spent about $30,000 on consent fees to replace a dilapidated villa with units, only for a council panel to reject his plans.
The panel went against the advice of Christchurch City Council planning staff, who recommended the resource consent be given.
James Cooney and a business partner bought the “as is, where is”, quake-damaged Spreydon house late last year. It has a rating value of $10,000 (excluding the 800 square metres of land).
They planned to knock the Bolton Ave villa down and build seven units, to be sold for $310,000 to $420,000 each. Each would have one to two bedrooms and all but one would have off-street parking.
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