This project is notable in being one of the few power projects to be denied resource consents.
Sound levels were again measured and this time be within the requirement of its resource consent.
In September 2012 the public notification of resource consent recommenced.
The wind farm received resource consent for up to 66 turbines, however only 62 were installed.
The resource consents allow Genesis a period of 15 years in which to build the plant.
A resource consent, once granted to an applicant, is neither real nor personal property.
Regional and district plans may give an activity that requires a resource consent one of six possible classifications.
The appeal was declined and the resource consents confirmed in a decision issued on 24 May 2005.
Her application for a resource consent was withdrawn in April 2011.
From 2010 to 2012, the resource consents were under appeal to the Environment Court.