Mr. Paul Hogan:

The issue that I have mentioned a couple of times is that we do go straight from, for example, a coloured zoning map to a specific development proposal. What we need to do is strengthen our intermediate or local plans to address those sorts of issues on a cumulative basis. Issues such as schools, public transport and recreational facilities for the community should be part of that local planning, bringing some of the better elements of strategic development zones into the normal forward planning system. That is certainly something we wish to follow up with.

It should be more to do with development services when you are dealing with a planning application. I accept that if these other issues have not been considered, clearly there is a frustration and there may be no other outlet but it should properly be dealt with as a planning exercise upfront. If there are obligations on a particular site or applicant, that is okay and it can then be brought in, but it is not reasonable if it has not been considered earlier.