, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
Okay, and a final word to Sara, then, on this or any other reflections that you might wish to leave us with?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
Yes. Peter.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
There we are. Nothing wrong with that.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
Yes. Okay. We'll do that. Peter.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
There we are. Okay. Thank you very much. We've only got a few minutes left, so I think we'll conclude with Jenny, if that's okay.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
Okay.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
I know Steve wanted to come in on an earlier point, so maybe, Steve, if you want to pick up on that as well.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
Thank you. Peter.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
Does Sara wish to go first this time?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
Okay. Thank you very much. Right, we'll move on to Joyce then. Thank you, Joyce.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
Yes. Okay. So, spending a bit more time getting it right upfront would then obviously bring benefits further down the line. Thank you, Peter. Steve, anything to add to that?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
Yes, okay. Just before we come to Steve, then, we have had a suggestion that there should be statutory time frames for each stage of the process, and that would include then validating applications as well. Do you think that's feasible?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
There we are. Thank you. Answering in mime is allowed, I think, so we'll accept that from Steve. Okay. We've got about 15 minutes left and there's about three or four areas that we wish to cover, so maybe we'll have to be rather concise now as we draw this…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
Briefly, then, Peter, and then we'll move on.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
That's fine, it makes my life easier. Sara.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
Who wants to pick up on that. Sara, do you want—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
Who wants to pick up on that?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
Thank you very much. We'll move on to Delyth.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
And I think you've done that very eloquently. Thank you very much. Okay. No, that's an important piece of evidence for us, because clearly we envisaged this might be an issue, but it's clearly a huge issue and not just another issue, and that's registering…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
Yes. Steve, do you want to come in on that and add the point that you wish to make?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
Okay. There's a lot there and you're right, there is a danger we dwell—. I mean, we get the message; we get what you're saying. I know Steve wants to come back in, but, Jenny, do you want to come in first? Then we'll come to Steve and then we'll go back to…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
We can't hear them, that's fine; we can't hear.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
Sara, yes. Thank you very much. Sara.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
There we are.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
There we are, okay. Peter. We need to unmute—. No, hang on. It's being done automatically, Peter. Hold on.
