Speaking for the Conservatives, Jamie McGrigor called for a review of the planningsystem to idnetify barriers to the growth of business, including the 40% inrease in the cost of submitting a planning application.
It has worked with the Federation of Small Business to update planning policy to facilitate economic development and further changes to the planningsystem to promote economic development are currently out to consultation.
This latest challenge comes against a backdrop of Environment Minister Edwin Poots claiming business people should stop using a "sudden interest in newts and badgers" to snarl up the planningsystem.
On Thursday, Environment Minister, Edwin Poots told delegates at the Retail NI conference that business people should stop using a "sudden interest in newts and badgers" to snarl up the planningsystem.