Mr. Philip Jones:

Wind farms are an example. There is a series of court cases called Crekav v.An Bord Pleanála, where a wind farm got permission for a certain size of turbines. The neighbours, while not happy, accepted the board's decision that they had been granted. The developer then decided to make the turbines bigger and the neighbours were concerned that now there might be shadow flicker on their house where it previously had not been. If they went on the route as currently proposed, they would be completely excluded from seeking a determination as to whether that change was an exempted development.

The issue can be small or significant, although I accept that an extension beside a person's house is significant to him or her. The cases range from small to very big. I cannot understand why the draft Bill seeks to take the public out of the process.