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4 Wednesday <strong>February</strong> 7 <strong>2018</strong><br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
SELWYN TIMES<br />
News<br />
Liquorland gets go-ahead at Lincoln<br />
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Mr Lawn said while the majority<br />
of objections received were<br />
short on detail there were some<br />
well thought out and the panel<br />
would have welcomed hearing<br />
these in person.<br />
“Objectors who do not attend<br />
the hearing in support of their<br />
objections means that their<br />
objections carry little weight,” he<br />
said.<br />
Mr Paterson said he did not<br />
attend the hearing because its<br />
students are not usually going to<br />
be in the bottle’s store’s area and<br />
thought a written submission was<br />
substantial.<br />
“We are always disappointed<br />
when there is another (liquor)<br />
outlet coming into town,” he<br />
said.<br />
Mr Paterson said there may<br />
have been a low attendance<br />
because people are unsure if their<br />
submission will mean anything.<br />
“Plenty of them get objected to<br />
but it doesn’t seem to make much<br />
difference,” he said.<br />
A Lincoln University spokeswoman<br />
said it did not attend the<br />
hearing because while it made<br />
a submission it did not directly<br />
oppose the application.<br />
However, district council documents<br />
list the university as an<br />
objector.<br />
Police, the district’s alcohol<br />
licensing inspector Helene Faass<br />
and the medical officer of health<br />
Paula Williams did not oppose<br />
the application.<br />
STJP director Sacha Fougere<br />
gave evidence at the hearing,<br />
outlining her more than 10 years<br />
experience in the industry. She<br />
said there is substantial growth<br />
in the area that can support a<br />
further off-licence without increasing<br />
harm.<br />
Mr Lawn said the bottle store<br />
was allowed to go ahead based<br />
on there being no evidence<br />
brought before the hearing panel<br />
that there was alcohol abuse<br />
problems in the area.<br />
“Police did not adduce any relevant<br />
crime data. It can therefore<br />
be concluded that there is very<br />
little alcohol-related harm in the<br />
area,” he said.<br />
Conditions include the liquor<br />
store will run from Monday to<br />
Sunday, 9am-9pm, the whole<br />
premises will be supervised<br />
and there will be no external<br />
advertising of alcohol products<br />
on the outside of the building –<br />
or on advertising boards outside<br />
the premises.<br />
Twins, triplets<br />
among new<br />
entrants at<br />
Leeston<br />
The new school year has started with<br />
Leeston Consolidated School welcoming<br />
a large array of new entrants – including<br />
twins and triplets. <br />
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