Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Kelly. The committee would appreciate it if he could suggest some wording that would give that flexibility or address, as needed, that proposal relating to the one-year period. At a later stage if he would like to submit that to us in his own words, we will see if that would sit with the legislation.

I have a question for Dr. Norton and Mr. Mandal. We speak about development plans. First, there needs to be surety in the system. If a developer is going in, he or she needs to be relatively sure of what the constraints and the zoning objectives are, what the local authority has deemed to be suitable planning for the area and what the councillors have passed. We all agree with that process. There has been an attempt to try to exceed that in many cases, and that is what has led to a lot of difficulty with SHDs of higher densities and other issues. Do Dr. Norton and Mr. Mandal think we need to go towards much more detailed area action plans or local area plans - master planning - so there is a bit more detail rather than just a colour on a map denoting a residential density and a couple of zoning objectives that may be open to interpretation? It feeds into place-making as well.