Have we set the dial correctly between public notification and environmental concerns?

The consents were granted without public notification, which Greenpeace said was inconceivable.

Ms Roberts said controlled activity status also ruled out public notification.

But he said the variation was not significant enough to trigger public notification.

It's applied for resource consent for the Puriri Road project, and asked for public notification.

He said at the very least they should have discretionary status, which would allow public notification.

It would inevitably revert to public notification because of the differentness of the building, he said.

The consents were granted without public notification, which prompted Greenpeace to lodge an application for a judicial review.

Once the public notification process has been completed and submissions taken into account, the final decision will be made.

California law does not require public notification or an environmental review for the permit, which was issued in February.

It applied for consents late last year, successfully submitting that the work was of a nature not requiring public notification.

But Forest and Bird chief executive Kevin Hague said the requirements for public notification of 1080 drops would be clearer.

The errors could have been avoided had the council invited the conservation board to comment prior to public notification, it said.

The consents are renewals of permits first given 25 years ago during the first Gulf War, and were granted without public notification.

The council delegated its Te Hiku Community Board to consider submissions and objections in response to public notification of the proposed new ground lease.

Somehow we were unlucky; for although we repeated our public notification three times in the course of a fortnight, we had but two applications.