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Members will have seen from their e-mail that the European ombudsman, Jacob Soderman, is visiting Parliament on 3 May at 10 am. He particularly wants to meet the Public Petitions Committee.
The quote is very brief, but it encapsulates the whole issue. Paragraph 5.11 on page 26 says:"There is a clear perception among planning officers that prior notification is unnecessary in principle and unsatisfactory in practice."