Planning procedures In 2003 the National Trust in Northern Ireland established a year-long high-level independent Commission of Inquiry into the operation of the planning system in Northern Ireland. Richard Bate of Green Balance was asked to provide the Secretariat, which included drafting the papers for the Commission’s meetings, suggesting questions for contributors to the oral hearings, and collating the draft final report for consideration. Northern Ireland has the weakest of the planning systems in the four countries of the United Kingdom. The National Trust identified in 2003 that it was deficient in many key qualities, including sufficient staff to operate it effectively, public involvement, public trust, transparency in decisions, positive forward planning and enforcement of its ru

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