Mr. Tom Parlon:

It depends on how far it is going to go. Planning is a disaster, which is about as good a term one can use in terms of the delays and the different issues. I came across a couple in the last few days who made a planning application for a house extension. It is in the country. They are two professionals and very intensely focused. They went to the nth degree to have everything right and it was sent back as incomplete. It was such a pernickety issue, but for them it was their big project. They have spent their time getting it right and this could add substantial cost. To my mind, it was a ridiculous reason to call it incomplete.

Regardless of whether a project is big or small, it is the time, the delays and the judicial reviews on top of all that and the uncertainty that goes with it. When we were walking here we walked past a particular area where there is a big new development. There are a number of houses being gathered together for development and we were just wondering how long it had taken so far to gather it together and eventually then have to go through the planning process. There is very little sympathy for developers, but when one tries to put one's feet in their shoes and sees-----