Mr. Dave Walsh:

The board's role is to facilitate anybody who might appeal a CPO. Often, a CPO that is not challenged does not even come before the board but where an individual or an organisation challenges a local authority-proposed CPO, even if it is a single person in one house, we will always facilitate through an oral hearing. In many cases, the oral process provides the opportunity to the local authority to outline its views and to enable individuals or appellants to justify their opposition. Ultimately, the board makes a decision that goes back to the local authority for confirmation or otherwise.