Mr. James Benson:

We need to consider standardisation of some of the plans. Plans can be very complicated for anyone - even those within the industry, let alone the general public. We need to bring to the fore the zoning of lands, the economic factors and the environmental factors. For example, in Offaly, Wicklow and Meath there are different approaches to county development plans. If we had a standard plan focusing on the key interest areas of the public, it would probably promote greater public participation at an early stage. One of the challenges in the past is that we have not seen that.