Ms Maria Graham:

We are trying to ensure the plan-led process is the determinant and the legislation supports that. It is not a fundamental change in the architecture of planning. Rather, it is trying to support the plan-led approach.

Regarding the activation of land and what is zoned entering production, land value sharing and urban development zones are a key part. There is also the residential zoned land tax. In combination, these will focus on ensuring infrastructure is brought forward for areas to be activated. The zoned land tax will act as a disincentive to leave land idle. These are important components.

There are a couple of components to the infrastructure piece. We have discussed it at this meeting in terms of planning. However, a component we have not touched on but has often arisen at all of the planning advisory forum's groups is the importance of good enforcement and how it can be strengthened. For example, if conditions have been applied to a permission, are they being implemented? This is a theme we might come to at a later stage. To some degree, it has been put to us that this has been the Cinderella of the planning service. It needs to be enforced. This is a question of getting the components working together.