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The draft [nb, draft - we shouldn't even be using it yet!] text says [a] Further delays in discharging planning conditions through local planning authorities, which have impacted the programme to date, are expected and will be mitigated as far as possible through continuing dialogue. and [b] TWAO submission assumed decision timescales of 18 months. That does not add up to me to justify the doom and gloom text that user:Cantab72 has added. Unless a better citation can be produced, I suggest the TWAO reference should be removed as POV editor opinion. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 00:36, 28 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]