[2023] NZEnvC 069 Transpower New Zealand Ltd v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 608 KB]
...network infrastructure of the National Grid are to be located in the Gibbston Character Zone or Wakatipu Basin Rural Amenity Zone, the extent to which effects are minimised, including under Policy 24.2.1.8, by the choice of method, location and design of the National Grid and that residual effects may remain. [43] We are satisfied that the revisions give proper effect to NPSET, particularly Pol 8 as follows: In rural environments, planning and development of the transmission syste...