Dr. Conor Norton:

That is important and was in our submissions on the replacement of SHD. We also made it clear that improving development management is also about providing certainty at the earlier stage in the planning process, which is the plan-making stage. It is quite simple. If there is a vague plan, there is much greater scope for a broad range of interpretations and different approaches to how land might be developed. That might be appropriate in certain circumstances, but in key areas, strategic locations or maybe complex locations, we need to move to a much more detailed level of plan and better quality plans with a lot more place-making, urban design, transport infrastructure and community infrastructure. All those issues need to be considered as a whole and through a local plan-making process that is consultative and collaborative. That means the local community, elected representatives, landowners, planners, etc. There is a great need to do this. As I mentioned earlier, I have noted that among the provisions in Housing for All there is a discussion about urban development zones or something of that nature, and there is certainly big support for that among the planning profession. We would like to see that happen.