This not only threatens to increase bureaucracy, it also dilutes the operator's responsibility and both are retrograde steps. It is essential that the CAs have sufficient competent professional staff to be able to assess submissions with the minimum of delay. Of particular importance here is that the CA adopts a pragmatic rather than bureaucratic approach and works closely with the organisation concerned at all stages. It is very important that there are no unnecessary time delays in the review and assessment of documents. Submissions should be reviewed by a competent third party and this safeguard should be publicised.
Emergency planning is vital to the overall scheme.
Unless this is correct the rest fails. The sections on emergency planning ignore or play down what Local Authorities already do. All of this means that local authorities are in a fairly strong position to implement these revised requirements, in most cases by adding specific site plans to their generic emergency plan. All concerned with the Emergency Plan must work closely together. There should be no reason for delay by LAs.