Some conclusions

• Questions we ask of planning, urban design and development control

• Has conservation been downgraded as a national/LPA priority?

• Where are the proactive conservation strategies?

• Where are the THF bids and matching funds?

• Where are the watchers in the fields? CAACs?

• What percentage of CAs have been assessed and how well?

• Are there trained conservationists in DC? What is their workload? Can they impact?

• The new challenges of scale and height

• The complexity of compromise

• Can policy and DC wrest back control?

• Why don’t CADW and DCFW work more closely together?