Ms Anne Marie O'Connor:

That is not what has happened. Allowances are made for additional provision. There are also allowances for some of the conversion rates concerning some of the densities being used. These have been lower than they will likely have to be when it comes to the planning application stage. Another provision has been made to have more strategic land banks as well. There are, therefore, quite a lot of checks and balances in the system in that regard.

If we were to zone multiples of the area of land we need, when we are talking about compact growth then the problem is that we would not be able to plan in an efficient or an energy-efficient way to service all those lands. How can the NTA know where it is going to run its bus services if the land is zoned all over the place?