Ms Oonagh Buckley:

We are now in the happy place where there are almost universally newly-adopted county development plans that state what the democratic will of the local area is, in regard to what planning should be in those circumstances. It is therefore much easier in this instance for our inspectors and the board members to look to the modern plan and say "that is what that says". Let us hope it is entirely consistent in all other ways. I very much want to ensure that the board is a learning organisation and that we drive that learning and engage with lawyers. In fact we are going to institute a bespoke legal training programme for the new board members and myself, on law. I am quite looking forward to it. We will engage with the office of planning regulator, OPR, and with other stakeholders in training our inspectorate and indeed training board members around that. I expect to get into that space-----