The Council appointed a Hearing Panel to hear all the submissions. The hearings were held between October 2004 and March 2006 with a large number of submitters presenting their submissions in person. The Hearing Panel then considered and deliberated on the matters raised in the submissions, further submissions and evidence presented at the hearings.

The Hearing Panel presented its recommendations on the submissions to Council in May 2006. The Council accepted those recommendations on 15 June 2006 and this decision was notified to the submitters and public on 11 July 2006.  The Decisions on Submissions are contained in the following 28 Decision Reports.