PHOTO: SUPPLIED The existing view from Arthurs Point of Mt Dewar, near Queenstown.
An eco-development featuring 53 cabins, a lodge and a 400-hectare beech forest near Queenstown has been given the go-ahead, despite concerns it will affect how the area looks.
Treespace director Adam Smith told a resource consent hearing in September that the development would put trees before houses.
The proposed 53-lot subdivision would include residential and visitor accommodation within a large-scale forest on Mt Dewar, between the suburb of Arthurs Point and Coronet Peak.
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