Mr. Dave Walsh:

We can look at it to see if we can get some information. The Deputy mentioned public confidence and the understanding of the system. It is important that over the past three or four years, the challenge and complexity around what the board has been dealing with in relation to SHDs primarily relates to the fact that national policy, that is, the national planning framework, NPF, and national guidelines have moved far more quickly than some of the local plans. The board is looking at national as well as local policies. It has to try to balance and assess whether the local plans, which predate the national planning framework or the apartment guidelines, fit in with those. We are now at a point where because most of the planning authorities' new development plans are being updated to take account of the NPF, the regional spatial and economic strategies, RSESs, and all the new updated guidelines, there will be far less need for the board to materially contravene many local plans because they are not in line with national policy. Many of the issues to date, and much of the controversy or concern, arise from the fact we have someone looking for something that is outside the density or height levels. When the new plans come through, that will make it clearer. As the Secretary General said, it will certainly be relevant when it comes to the LRD processes that are coming through.