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We understand the difficulties of trying to assess what may or may not be in ministers' minds.I will take you back into your comfort zone of facts and numbers, which might be our comfort zone as well.
We do not want that. Organisational change may be necessary and appropriate in some places, but joint agendas may be being achieved incrementally in other places.
There is a requirement for that debate to be held in a public forum because, as you have said, the local plan may state that a site is for X, yet there may be a proposal for Y.
At this stage, we are raising the issue as a good practice point that local authorities may want to consider and that either the Scottish Executive or the committee may want to recommend.