Source: Environmental Protection Authority
18 February 2022
An independent panel has granted resource consents for on-site accommodation at the Silverlight Studios complex planned for the outskirts of Wānaka.
About 300 residential units are proposed for buildings located in the Venice, Paris, and New York precincts of the studio complex.
Silverlight Studios Limited applied for consent under the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Act 2020. An expert consenting panel has now granted land use and discharge consents, subject to conditions.
Today’s decision comes 64 working days after the application was lodged with the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA).
It follows approval for the wider studio complex, which was granted on 8 December 2021 by the same expert consenting panel.
The EPA is not involved in deciding on fast-track consent applications. We provide advice and administrative support for the panel convener, Judge Newhook, and the expert consenting panels he appoints.
Read the decision for Silverlight Studios accommodation
Read more about fast-track consenting
