Southern View: July 23, 2019

4 Tuesday July 23 2019
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No objections to ownership
change at Henry’s Hornby
• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding
NO OBJECTIONS have been
lodged against a liquor store
application which is located in
the same complex as a Work and
Income office in Hornby.
Skudar Ltd lodged
the new application for
the current off-licence
Henrys Hornby on 21
Shands Rd. The new
application is sought
due to a change of
ownership at the site.
The store is currently
operating under
Imperial Discount
Liquor Ltd.
If approved, it would operate
Monday-Sunday, 8am-10pm,
under the name of Henry’s BWS
Hornby.
The application received
mixed views at the Greater
Hornby Residents’ Association
meeting recently due to the store
being located a few doors down
from Work and Income.
Chairman Marc Duff said he
hadn’t heard of any problems
as a result of the store’s location
before, and it “doesn’t really
stick out that it is there.”
“I think if it was a new liquor
store you would see a stronger
community feeling . . . I think I
Marc Duff
Loss of income and damage concern to property
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However, regardless of outcome,
the plan to lay a pipeline through
Heathcote and Woolston would
have remained the same.
“We’re addressing each
complaint individually and
working with our contractor
to find a solution for residents.
Complaints are followed up with
emails or phone calls from the
project manager and face-to-face
engagement with the contractor,”
Mr Adamson said.
Mr Foxton-McCulloch, who is
the ex-chairman of the Heathcote
Valley Community Association,
was not aware of the consultation
or the drop-in session in 2015.
would have a stronger
view if it wasn’t a renewal
but it is a renewal so it is a bit
different.”
Member Mark Peters said the
close proximity of the store to
the Work and Income office,
operated by the Ministry
of Social Development,
was “unfortunate.”
“It is a one-stop shop.
You go in and get your
benefit and then you
wander into a liquor
store. That is not really an
ideal situation,” he said.
But he said he
decided not to make an
objection.
This is because when a new
licence application is made
due to a change of ownership,
the suitability of the licensee
is the only ground in what an
objection can be made.
Mr Peters said he is in two
minds because Henry’s is
operated by Foodstuffs South
Island Ltd – and is probably one
of the better liquor stores.
But a location such as
The Hub Hornby may have been
more appropriate, he said.
MSD regional commissioner
Shane Carter would not
comment on the application.
The only mention of Scruttons
Rd in the consultation document
was to say that the pipeline would
be installed there, as well as in
Godley, Simeon, Norwich and
Gladstone Quays and Port Hills,
and Ferry Rds. It did not mention
anything about disruption to
nearby properties during the
installation of the pipeline.
The city council received 44
submissions in response to the
consultation, five opposed the
project and there was no mention
of Scruttons Rd.
Instead, Mr Foxton-
McCulloch said he found out
about the work which was going
to be done when he saw people
Fine Wine and Spirits
store gets green light
• By Jess Gibson
THE REDCLIFFS Fine Wine
and Spirits store will go ahead.
No appeals were made to the
alcohol regulatory and licensing
committee against the district
licensing committee’s decision to
grant an off-licence at 1/87 Main
Rd.
Submitters who opposed
Rizak Enterprises Ltd’s initial
working outside his property and
called the city council.
In an email to the city council,
Mr Foxton-McCulloch said “the
appalling lack of communication
between the city council, those
who you subcontract with and
the people who pay all of your
wages is staggering.”
Mr Foxton-McCulloch and Ms
Foxton have had to temporarily
shut their home-based business
Castle Rock Estate due to the
ongoing disturbance, resulting in
a “massive loss of income.”
“We even left to get away for
a week of sanity,” Mr Foxton-
McCulloch said.
Mr Foxton-McCulloch is
application to open the store
were given 10 working days
to appeal an amended version
under the Sale and Supply of
Alcohol Act 2012.
But because none were made,
Rizak Enterprises Ltd can start
refitting the store in preparation
for its opening.
The amended application
included the enforcement of
guidelines like labelling the store
concerned that the work may
eventually lead to damage to their
property with all of the shaking
and banging.
He is also concerned over the
use of a temporary Bailey bridge
to replace the old Scruttons Rd
bridge.
“To have a Bailey bridge
brought up from Timaru to
be thrown over the old bridge
just until the job is finished
seems a huge waste of time
and ratepayer money when
the bridge is supposedly due to be
upgraded next year.”
THe pipeline will run from
the Heathcote side of Tunnel
Rd, under Bridle Path Rd and
LIQUOR:
The Fine
Wine and
Spirits store
at 1/87
Main Rd,
Redcliffs,
has been
granted its
off-licence.
Redcliffs Fine Wine and Spirits,
instead of Thirsty Liquor, CCTV
security inside and outside the
store and no alcohol advertising
outside the building.
These changes were made to
satisfy more than 100 people
who were not satisfied with the
original proposal.
The store will be open
from 9am-9pm, Monday to
Sunday.
through Port Hills Rd to Mauger
Drive and Scruttons Rd.
It will go under the councilowned
paddocks parallel to Tunnel
Rd, under the Heathcote River and
connect to the Woolston pump
station in Alport Place.
“It’s a necessary evil but the
way they have gone about it
is totally wrong,” Mr Foxton-
McCulloch said.
Fulton Hogan refused to
comment.
•HAVE YOUR SAY: What
do you think about the city
council’s lack of consultation
for its project? Email your
thoughts to jess.gibson@
starmedia.kiwi
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