Mr. John O'Connor:

Yes. The overall purpose of the regulations was to have better control in regard to what was being built and there is a high level of compliance. The new system with regard to buildings is effective, although there is a particular issue with the cost for people building their own houses.

With regard to the use of the term "social and affordable housing", it is something we need to look at so as not to label housing as being of a particular type. We are looking for developers to build integrated housing developments and, similarly, where the local authorities are providing housing, they need to build mixed developments as well. However, I agree the terminology on housing needs to be changed as applying labels is always a dangerous thing.

Mr. Sheridan might deal with the issue of town centre planning.