Ms Rachel Minch:

The critical point the Deputy made is that there really is a need for time. Obviously, we have been focusing to some extent on Part 9. In this respect, we already have concerns over how it is drafted. It is critical that we have time to go through the draft Bill to pick out the small and larger points in order to ensure we are not just walking into more uncertainty with proposed legislation of this scale.

We can already see some good aspects. I welcome the idea of a streamlined process for applications going to the board, with all applications going to it and the planning authority in the same format. We have about eight different routes at present. We can certainly see some positive aspects to the draft Bill, but the devil could be in the detail. We need time to review it.