BUILDING PERMITS.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 March 1921, Page 5

BUILDING PERMITS.

■ TROUBLE AT AUCKLAND. ADVISORY COMMITTEE RESIGNS. Br Tsleoraph.—Press AssocUtlon. Auckland, Last Night. The Building Advisory Committee of Auckland have resigned in a body and their resignations have been sent to the Minister by telegram. “We have had enough; we refuse to be puppets any longer, and wo insist that if we give our valuable time our recommendations shall be given at least a courteous hearing:” This sums up the attitude of the committee. Referring to the resignation, Mr. Spencer, who was chairman, says, inter alia: “On one occasion we had to fight to have a permit granted to a man whose building work was a direct improvement to Auckland, and the buildings he contemplated were necessary works. At other ’times our decisions and recommendations were overruled, and now comes the straw that breaks the camel’s back.” Mr. Spencer went on to relate how members of the committ.ee had come to thqdecision that the expensive buildings that were being erected by thff Auckland Racing Club were not necessary Since these were being constructed without a permit, the committee recommended that the Auckland Rating Club, and also all firms supplying it with its building materials, should be prosecuted under the present law. The Board of Trade, instead of following this recommendation, issued, on March 7, a permit for these buildings- On Thursday last the committee paid an official visit of inspection to the racecourse at Ellerslie, and when members discovered what had been done they naturally came to the conclusion that their services were without value.