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INTRODUCTION The importance of readily available and accessible information1 on the environment cannot be under estimated if individuals and environmental groups are to play an effective role as environmental watchdogs. Ultimately, increased public access to environmental information contributes to greater awareness of environmental matters, a free exchange of views, more effective participation by the public in environmental decision-making and eventually, to a better environment. Stavros Dimas, the current EU Commissioner for the Environment, has commented, "Information can be a powerful catalyst for change towards increased protection of the environment..."2 It is also imperative that any publicly accessible environmental information is up-to-date in content because delayed or out-dated information may well turn out to be ineffective and meaningless in war against environmental disregard. Certainly, the importance of readily available information is evident in the area of planning law where individuals are subject to specific time limits, when they intend to enter either submissions...

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