An on-again, off-again wind farm planned for coastal South Taranaki could be on again.
Trustpower has applied to South Taranaki District Council and Taranaki Regional Council for consent to build the farm, most probably on the coast between Waverley and Patea.
South Taranaki District Council planning manager Blair Sutherland said the application was complete. It now requires public notification, with public submissions likely to be called for next week.
The application was no surprise, Mr Sutherland said, noting: "We have known since Allco days about the wind resource on that site."
Resource consent was first lodged for a wind farm on the South Taranaki coast in 2007, by Australian company Allco Wind Energy, but Allco went broke and the application was withdrawn.