mention survey results

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@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@ also approved without public notification.
 While it is possible to amend plans and there are established
 mechanisms for extensive consultation in the plan creation process, it
 is clearly not feasible to modify plans on a case-by-case basis.
+According to the 2010/11 survey of local authorities the New Zealand
+\textcite{rma-survey} carries out every two years, only about four per
+cent of all resource consents in the two-year period were publicly
+notified. Unfortunately, there is little data on what proportion of
+the remaining 96 per cent are small-scale applications submitted by
+private people and how many are larger projects where the decision
+whether to notify or not is possibly contentious.
 
 %TODO: report on the sad state of council plans that have had
 % provisionary plans for years and the process dragged on for many years.
@@ -125,15 +132,7 @@ input.
 
 %While councils usually engange the public during the consultation
 %phases of the plan formation process, the picture on the resource
-%consent level is a different one.  According to the 2010/11 survey of
-%local authorities the New Zealand \textcite{rma-survey} carries out
-%every two years, only about six per cent of all resource consents in
-%the two-year period were notified in some way, with only four per cent
-%being publicly notified (``poor provision of information''). Hence,
-%although the public can influence the framework relative to which
-%resource consents are evaluated, there is limited opportunity for the
-%public to affect the outcome of the actual decision-making process.
-
+%consent level is a different one.  
 refer to http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/rma/everyday/consent-consultation/
 
 
@@ -149,13 +148,10 @@ refer to http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/rma/everyday/consent-consultation/
 
 % http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Mediating+sustainability%3a+the+public+interest+mediator+in+the+New...-a0176372138
 \begin{quote}
-According to one survey, only five percent of consent applications
-are notified, (51) which is an important finding because, in general,
 only those parties who make a submission on a notified consent
 application have standing to appeal a council's decision to the
 Environment Court.
 \end{quote}
-% TODO: check if there were big non-notified proposals in the past
 
 % TODO: review course readings to find problems