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In a sense, efficiency is a proxy for cash because many of the savings will not be cash-releasing savings; for example, if the summary courts' workload is to increase, we will be trying to achieve more with the same funding.
That in no way takes account of the matters that Donald Gorrie highlighted—for example, the very well put together briefings and arguments that are espoused on behalf of one point of view or another that many of us receive in our e-mails day in, day out.
Anyone who is determined will go the whole way and more senior officers are involved at each stage. In many cases, people use the process to frustrate planning applications and prevent them from going ahead.
In particular, will compensation be based on the number of parking spaces that will be lost? If so, will you indicate how many there will be? Also, are the discussions on compensation focusing on finance or on alternative land?
Several firms undertake referencing, but only two do nothing but that and have been doing so for many years: LandAspects; and Terraquest Solutions plc, which are now both involved in the project.