Mr. John Spain:

There are a number of complex issues, and that is simply one of them. It is one that the measures in the draft Bill will help address. There needs to be a more agile planning framework in place that is more responsive to change and that responsiveness has to feed into the development plan process in an almost rolling update of development plans. Maybe they need an annual review to ensure they remain in line with national and regional policy, rather than, over time, the gap gradually widening. Likewise, national policy needs to be more agile and needs the legislation to respond to changed conditions and to judgments handed down in the courts. Where there is a certain direction that is unhelpful it is useful to go back and look at the relevant provisions that led to that and see if they can be addressed quickly and promptly, and without waiting for-----