1.  In addition to the informal discussions, corporate planning departments require knowledge of the business environments for their formal roles in the planning process.

2.  In the end these separate plans are cobbled together by a central planning department and adjusted to make them compatible.

3.  The detailed investigation of selected planning departments involves interviews with key personnel.

4.  The extent of the input by the business units themselves depends on the style of planning management adopted by the planning department.

5.  The organisation of the planning process tends to be done in corporate head office by a central corporate planning department.

6.  The purpose of the planning department is to control local development to preserve the aesthetic appearance of the region.

7.  They need not necessarily be totally stand-alone units but could be part of the central planning department.

8.  After five years of battling it out with the planning department we finally got approval to build the house.

9.  Even if the planning department passthe application environmental health officers must also decide whether to grant a waste disposal licence.

10.  A county council spokesman welcomed the reprieve and said both the highways and planning departments were ready to play a full part in discussions.