Ms Sarah Neary:

I hope to be able to answer all of those questions. The first point was that an applicant has to go through planning, fire certificates and disabilities access certificates, DACs, and I acknowledge that. As Mr. Sheridan outlined, we are considering a planning exemption which would take the planning requirement out of bringing a building back into use. If planning is removed, we are left with fire certificates and DACs. A fire certificate can be applied for. There is a two-month turnaround and the applicant gets a response from the local authority.