complaints today.

A public inquiry will be held to look into more than 400 objections to the planning blueprint for the Island's future.

Objections and counter-objections will be heard by a tribunal, appointed by Government, who will then report their findings later in the year.

The number has been reduced from an initial 1,159 protests when the plan was first published in July.

The Bermuda Development Plan seeks to zone different parts of the Island designating areas of open space, agriculture, housing and industry.

It was published last year and the views of the public were then invited before it was completed.

Around 60 percent of the total objections were accepted by the Planning Department and alterations have been made. They will go to the tribunal next month with a recommendation that they be accepted.

But other disputed areas will be heard by the tribunal during today's public inquiry in the Cabinet Building on Front Street.

The tribunal is chaired by former Bank of Bermuda executive Mr. Jack Lightbourn. Other members are laundry owner Mr. Elroy Ratteray, lawyer Mr.

Peter Smith and Mrs. Zoleta Oliver.

The number received far exceeds the 541 complaints about the last development plan 10 years ago.