TCC documents reveal that before Baypark Speedway was purchased in Sepember-2007 that there were numerous consents (10) outstanding according to the official valuation prepared for TCC dated 7-Nov-2006. The report records on page 30 that: - 'In our opinion the complex is classified as a building intended for public use in respect of the Building Act 2004, As such we consider section 363 applies.”
Section 363 says: 'Offence to permit public use of a building for which no building consent or code of compliance certificate has been granted.”
No one currently can access the Building files at TCC.
TCC are responsible for administering the Building Act and are committing an offence by continuing, this is a double standard as many ratepayers and developers would know.
All information was available to TCC prior to: opening, negotiating, purchasing, settling and operating the facility. There needs to be an objective independent investigation into this purchase costing $12m and the huge losses since upward of $2.5m/pa.
I Stevenson, Tauranga.
TCC responds: All the necessary building consents were obtained as part of the due diligence process before we finalised the deal.