Selwyn_Times: July 13, 2022

Wednesday July 13 2022 Selwyn Times
• By Chris Barclay
A RESIDENTS’ group
spearheading opposition to the
controversial Lincoln South
housing development has
launched a Givealittle campaign
to finance legal action.
Lincoln Voice aims to raise
$150,000 to lodge an appeal with
the Environment Court after district
councillors voted to rezone
190ha of rural land to facilitate
the Carter Group’s 1700-unit
subdivision.
The June
8 decision
followed two
rounds of
public consultation
and
independent
commissioner
David Caldwell
recommending
the district council approve the
necessary plan change.
Residents claim the
township was not equipped to
handle an expansion of that
magnitude.
Lincoln Voice, which was
established on July 1, has until
August 4 to lodge its appeal.
Lincoln Voice member Denise
Carrick created the Givealittle
page which proclaims: “Help us
protect Lincoln’s Soil & Save our
Future” last Wednesday, and
embraced the challenge of taking
on the district council.
“I’m sure some will think it
is an impossible battle but we
really want to stand up for
the future of our soils, our
ability to grow food and our
neighbourhood to make sure it
is developed in a logical, healthy
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Group sourcing funds for legal
action against Lincoln South
David Caldwell
and sustainable way,” she said.
“The amount of money we
are trying to raise may seem
enormous but once you start
looking into the cost of specialist
lawyers and expert witnesses the
amounts quickly add up, and we
have been warned these cases
can be dragged out intentionally
to drain our resources and wear
us down.”
It was estimated $7000 would
be required to prepare and lodge
the appeal, while the $150,000
figure should cover legal fees.
Any excess funds would be applied
to future projects.
By 2pm Monday $3050 had
been contributed by 33 donors.
• Further information
on the Lincoln Voice
campaign can be found
at https://givealittle.co.nz/
cause/help-us-protectlincolns-soil-and-save-ourfuture
NEWS 3
Miller will
not stand
for mayor
• By Susan Sandys
GRANT MILLER has decided
not to run for the mayoralty in
October’s local body elections,
but will stand for re-election as a
councillor for the Springs Ward.
“I certainly thought long and
hard about the mayoralty, I have
some different ideas than the current
leadership, but as it stands at
the moment I can’t commit to that
role,” Miller told the Selwyn Times.
Nominations for local body
elections open Friday. Currently
the only person who has confirmed
they will stand for election
as mayor is incumbent Sam
Broughton.
Miller said he wanted to continue
to dedicate himself to other
governance roles he was already
involved with, including those on
the boards of Central Plains Water
and Transwaste Canterbury.
As such, it was not the right time
to stand for the role. He said he
may consider it in future.
He encouraged others to consider
standing for mayor, adding
that he believed it would be “sad”
for Selwyn if Broughton stood
unopposed.
“There needs to be a contest of
ideas,” Miller said.
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