Ms Rachel Kenny:

It is a mix. Within the core city centre areas, namely, the canal, it would be apartment living but outside of that there is a mix of apartments and housing. Sometimes, a scheme would have a combination of apartments and housing. As one moves out further, the scheme can be housing only.

On the build-to-rent question, the 10% is in respect of apartment units, which is 5% of the overall numbers rather than 10% of the overall numbers. As stated, it is 50:50 between the apartments and the housing. We are mindful of the role that we play in terms of SHD and the delivery of the right quality housing in the right locations but we are also mindful that this is emergency legislation, providing for new guidelines and policies about compact growth and so on. For us, it is always about balance. In regard to all of the applications granted, all of them were objected to by elected members. If we were to go on that, no houses would have been permitted. We have to strike a balance in regard to the delivery of housing. Notwithstanding that some of these schemes are purely housing, they are still opposed. There has to be a balance and that is what we try to do. As Mr. Hyde said, 30% of applications have been refused because of the views that have come in from the planning authority, the elected representatives and local communities. Issues arising from an environmental impact report or a natura impact statement would dictate a refusal was appropriate in a particular instance.