Ms Pauline Foster:

That has reminded me of one incident. We had an infill development, which saw a vast number of houses applied for. The planning authority reduced the amount of housing. However, bit by bit, every one of those houses ultimately went in. We might as well have put our pens in our pockets and done nothing. Another thing with that development is that an environmental impact statement, EIS, study was done. There were beautiful hedgerows and lots of wildlife. Certain hedgerows were designated to be left. Were they left? No. I have that same EIS study. It is 20-years-old. I was going to throw it in the bin but I thought some day I would use it as evidence against them.