It is clear that balancing necessitates not only an identification of the individual‘s interest, but also some judgment about how much we value it,or the weight which we accord to it. For example, to take some position, as Megarry V.C. did in Mclnnes [1978] 1 W.L.R. 1520 as to whether the renewal ofa licence is a ‘higher’ interest than an initial application, is not to engage in rigid conceptualism, but is rather a necessary step in reaching any decision.