Shadow Environment and Planning Minister Diallo Rabain yesterday welcomed news that the Development Applications Board has been appointed, saying it should end frustration among landowners and contractors trying to get planning applications reviewed.Last week Sen Rabain criticised the delay in making the Board appointments saying that it was having adverse economic domino effects.The DAB meets weekly to review planning applications after they have been vetted by the department staff.It was officially gazetted, along with a handful of other boards, yesterday.“I am happy that they have reappointed the board and it looks like they have reappointed some of the previous board, so hopefully they can be up and running very quickly,” Sen Rabain said.“The board has not met since the third week of December so we have at least seven weeks of applications waiting for the board to review.”Eight of the 12-member board remain in place from last year. And of the four new members, two — Carlton Simmons and Mayor Garth Rothwell — sit as representatives of the municipalities.Government is making slow progress on appointing the more than 100 boards and commissions. A dozen boards were officially gazetted yesterday, bringing the total to 17.Among the One Bermuda Alliance appointed boards is the CedarBridge Academy Board of Governors which has a new chairman in Anthony Francis who challenged Glenn Blakeney for the Devonshire North Central seat during the general election.Andrew Simons, another OBA general election candidate is also on the CBA board. But the Government is retaining five members appointed by the former administration to oversee the senior secondary school.Meanwhile, sustainable development advocate Stuart Hayward has been appointed to chair the Environmental Authourity, replacing Glenn Titterton. The EA also has a bipartisan feel to it, as it retains Denny Richardson who was appointed by the former Progressive Labour Party administration.The EA is charged with helping government administer its pollution control rules as outlined in the Clean Air Act and the Water Resources Act.Membership of the Historical Buildings Advisory Committee remains unchanged. But the Sustainable Development Roundtable has become a larger board, gaining two members. Seven of the Roundtable members served under the previous administration but Ianthia Simmons-Wade has been replaced as chair by Philip Seaman. Also no longer on the SD Roundtable are Amanda Outerbridge, Peter Everson, Stratton Hatfield and Khomeini Taalib-Din.The Marine Resources Board, which advises the Environment Minister on the marine environment, is another body which has retained most of the members appointed under the former administration. It does, however, have a new chair and deputy — Susan Wilson and William Welton — both of whom are serving for the first time. Another new member is Richard Cox. David Pantry, last year’s chair, and Dean Jones are no longer on the board.*This story has been edited to more accurately reflect the changes on the Sustainable Development Roundtable