Severance should be smaller to avoid farmland: council

Severance should be smaller to avoid farmland: council

KENILWORTH – The owners of a farm seven kilometres southeast of Arthur are looking to sever a lot from their property. The proposal, submitted by Lake Agricultural Ventures Ltd., is to sever 1.3 hectares (3.2 acres) and retain 31 hectares (76 acres) from 7269 Jones Baseline, in the former township of West Garafraxa. However Wellington North does not want the severance approved unless the severed portion is smaller to avoid cultivated land. Towns…