Mr. Philip Jones:

I remember him well. Being direct, 171AK.2(c) refers to "proposals in relation to the overall layout and design of the proposed development, including maximum building height envelopes and floor areas". What the council did with the North Quays in Waterford is much more than that but not every SDZ has done that and the more clarity we have, the better. There have been two court cases involving the north docks SDZ where the developer wanted to go beyond what was in it for his own reasons and tried to argue in the courts which knocked him down twice. The point is, if you have certainty then everyone involved, whether it is a developer or the public, will know what is on and what is not so it is fair to both parties. That is why we need to put in things such as minimum and maximum building heights, minimum and maximum residential densities and maximum non-residential floor areas so that no one is unaware of what is in the scheme once it is adopted and they can make their arguments to the board.