Residents of a North Canterbury subdivision have been told Environment Canterbury made a mistake when classifying their land as contaminated.
Environment Canterbury (ECan) sent a letter to residents of the Oaks in Rangiora last week telling them the subdivision would be added to the publicly available Listed Land Use Register.
The subdivision was on land that used to be a forestry nursery and might have been used for “persistent pesticide bulk storage or use”, the letter said.
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The Oaks subdivision could have its classification as potentially contaminated changed.