227 which the weakness of the practice of housing planning control contributes to the existence of housing oversupply in the study area. The analysis shows that all respondents are aware and understand the requirement of Act 172. Indeed, almost all respondents (95.1%) agreed that LPAs should ensure the conformity to the LP’s land use zone as the basis for housing approval. The majority of respondents (80.3%), however, agreed that the practice of planning control does not fully comply with the requirement in approving housing applications. Only 13.1 percent respondents disagreed with the argument, while 6.6 percent responded ‘unsure’. In relation to the argument that states the existence of housing oversupply in the study area is contributed by the weakness of the process of planning control, 13.1 percent of the respondents responded ‘strongly agree’ and 68.9 percent answered ‘agree’. There are also respondents who disagreed (6.6%) with the argument, while 11.4 percent responded ‘unsure’ (Figure 7.6).
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Figure 7.6: Respondents’ perceptions about the implication of the weakness of planning control process to the existence of housing oversupply Source: Questionnaire survey (2006)