Mr. Dave Walsh:

That might be something the Department would like to comment on. There is a significant challenge in trying to align and ensure that all of the plans at the different levels are consistent. The local area plans would be the last to be updated, taking account of whatever is in their regional spatial strategy and the key principles. In an ideal world, we would say that we will wait until everything is aligned before making decisions, but we have to make important and efficient decisions on issues and investments now, whether housing, roads or water. That is not to say that anything in the plans at present is out of date. We have to recognise that there may be a mismatch in the interim between what might be national and local.