John Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am flagging a concern because I can see an issue. If I took the north quays in Waterford as an example, it is fantastic because all of it was qualified with some elements acquired under CPO. It is all under one ownership. However, if I split the north quays into eight different parcels with eight different owners, which is the case with many brownfield sites, and I was looking to master plan for that area, I would be looking at putting in elements like pocket parks. However, if, in the view of the local authority, my parcel of land is suddenly to be a parkland, it is going be inconsistent if I am looking to develop something residential on that land. We could be faced with a situation where the owner of a parcel of land who will not co-operate and engage with the wider framework that is in place is looking to bring forward a short-term residential development. That development would be lost on the basis of something that could potentially happen in ten years' time. I am just flagging this because I can see that to which I refer happening. It is fine if there is a single owner of an entire UDZ, but that is not a reality.