Mr. Frank McDonald:

Things have changed. The amended planning Act introduced in 2010 essentially required local authorities to justify their planning decisions. In other words, they had to show cause why particular pieces of land were being zoned and not other pieces of land or whatever. More control was introduced by the legislation over of the excessive zoning of land that took place in the past. In other words, zoning had to be driven by need rather than the wish of particular landowners to make a profit, or a killing.