Ms Deirdre Scully:

Regarding the whole impact on the core strategy, it will bring clarity in some areas but every site is unique as is the situation of every owner. Land may have been zoned. A site may have gone into probate. There are a whole range of complexities there and it is very hard to find a one-size-fits-all solution. On an overall level, it will hopefully refine the core strategies better in local government. Land should only therefore come forward when the owners are ready, the infrastructure is there, and there is a willingness to bring it on, rather than a situation where historically land may have been zoned for 15 years, it was nowhere near being serviced and it was going to take a very long time to bring forward but yet it is being counted in the core strategy because it is there. They will all hopefully interlink as the current arrangements that have been set in place under the new wave of development plans begin. All of the pieces when put together will drive a better and clearer pattern of development. It is important we know where people want to continue with their existing uses and business and that is reflected in the development plan. That can change in ten years' time. People move on and they do different things. It is very hard to say that it is good for everybody but overall it will definitely give a better core strategy for each development plan.