Ms Deirdre Scully:

On the ownership and how it works through, there are exemptions where housing is being delivered, be it social or affordable, under the land value sharing, and this is obviously very welcome. The regulations will have a lot to do after the Bill is enacted. There will be a need for the detail as to how all of this is going to be worked out, and for the detail to be run through in the regulations. There is real opportunity for the CCMA and those working in the field to help refine the regulations so that all of those nitty-gritty pieces of how we actually deliver all the processing here are trashed out. This could be one of the things that is looked at. I do not know what the answer is. From my own perspective as a professional planner, once the plan itself is correct and what it is trying to achieve is right, and once it is aligned with the corporate goals for what the local council is trying to achieve in delivering new communities and regeneration, I would expect there to be a solution there that would be easily fitted in.

The plans, whether it is a UDZ or LEP, will still seek to achieve the same vision for the area. It is just getting the mechanisms right and that is something we can seek clarification on in order to make sure local authorities are not unduly burdened or impeded in achieving the order.