Ms Alma Walsh:

This is a long-term strategy and we are six years into it. It is understood the expectations are great because of the ambitions of the targets that have been set. Our review indicates the state of play at present. There has been only one census since the national planning framework was published in 2018 and one cycle of development plans. It is very much early days with regard to it washing through the system, through the regional spatial and economic strategies which have been adopted, and through the 31 city and county development plans which, by and large, had been adopted and finalised by last year. It is very much early days. On this basis, it is about ensuring the principles remain valid with regard to what the national planning framework sets out to achieve and change.