Mr. Gavin Lawlor:

Section 146(a) is more about typographical errors. I will give a classic example. We had an example once where the inspector made a recommendation, the board made a decision and on the face of it, it looked as though they would grant permission but they refused it at the last minute with obscure weird reasoning. It seemed to be down to a typographical error. It was a simple basic error that crept in between the board and drafting. Two files must have got mixed up or something like that because we ended up with decisions refused but the reasons for refusal did not relate to the development. The only way to remedy that was to go to law and say there was an error. The board put its hands up straight away and asked it be remitted to the board and committed to changing it. That is a simple example that section 146(a) does not cover.