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A developer has been fined $48,750 for unlawful earthworks at two North Shore properties, after "turning a blind eye" to the damage it was causing.

COD Crown Projects Limited had pleaded guilty in the Environment Court to two charges under the Resource Management Act, relating to unauthorised earthworks and sediment discharges at sites in Browns Bay and Northcross.

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It resulted in significant sediment discharge and breaches of the Auckland Unitary Plan.

The case is one of about 20 Auckland Council prosecutions t

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