Bermuda Development Plan are piling up, Director of Planning Mr. Erwin Adderley said yesterday.

Between 40 and 50 objections have been submitted so far, but he told Hamilton Rotarians he expected a "lot'' more by the September deadline.

There were some 500 objections to land zonings under the last Development Plan which came into effect in 1983, he said.

Mr. Adderley said he anticipated most of the objections would be resolved through meetings between the objectors and Planning Department technical officers.

"If the objections do have to go before a development tribunal, hopefully most will be solved in favour of the objectors,'' he said. "Once all objections submitted are considered, the 1992 Development Plan will be submitted to the House of Assembly for final confirmation.'' Mr. Adderley said he recognised new land zonings cauld be a "traumatic'' experience for landowners because the value of their property was affected.

But he said more effort had been made to gauge public opinion in designing the 1992 Development Plan than ever before. And he said although there were differences between the 1992 and 1983 development plans, they were not "dramatic''.

"The most important aspect of the plan is that it has Bermuda's needs at its core,'' Mr. Adderley said. "There needs to be much greater concern for conserving our environment.'' He added: "The new plan is not a deliberate attempt to take away the development rights of people under the 1983 plan. If they feel their development rights under the new plan have been seriously eroded they can come in and make an objection.'' He told Rotarians the new plan included seven conservation zones; three protected zones (including groundwater areas and caves); three residential development zones and five other development zones, including a commercial zone for the development of shops and offices.

The City of Hamilton, Dockyard, Somerset Village and Road, Riddells Bay, Flatts Village, Collector's Hill, Shelly Bay and the Town of St. George's are among the areas in the commercial zone.

"The purpose of the plan is to control development and use of all land in Bermuda outside of Hamilton,'' he said.

The first-ever Development Plan was in 1968, he pointed out, with a new one coming about every five years.