Hon DAVID PARKER: Key changes include stronger national direction and one single combined plan per region. As I said earlier, there will be more focus on natural environment outcomes and less on subjective amenity values that favour the status quo. Nevertheless, better urban design can also be pursued. The existing 100-plus RMA council planning documents will be reduced to about 14. New spatial strategies will enable everyone to plan better for the future, and this will aid investment decisions by central government, local government, and, perhaps most importantly, the private sector and housing markets.