Mr. Coil?n O'Reilly:

We will take many of the points being made at this meeting back to the CCMA and the sector more widely. The tenant in situprocess is new to many local authorities. We have been engaged in it since 2018, but many local authorities have only come to it in the past six or 12 months.

Although it depends, people should get an initial contact within one to two weeks saying that the local authority is discussing the matter. Four months is the average for what happens afterwards. One property might take three months, another might take five. It depends on access to the site, what is found on the site and the inspection. As the Senator knows, something might show up in the title search about a boundary that is not correctly aligned, for example. Every case is different but, in general, people should receive a response within one to two weeks.