Mr. Martin Loughran:

One of our unique points is that we are relatively young in the sense that the majority of our growth has come over the last five or six years so a lot of our projects came in post the building control amendment regulations, BCAR, system which mean the majority of our units that have been delivered are part M compliant. That does not mean they are suitable for everyone and additional works are often required. The influence one has depends on what stage of the process they become involved so it is a lot easier for projects in which we are involved in preplanning and for which we are responsible for design. Like everyone else in the room, we have a number of different delivery avenues. Where projects already have planning, we are more limited but we work directly with the local authority at the point in which we go in, so for every project that comes in, the first conversation is with the local authority to see if there is demand for particular unit types. We then look at what is available in terms of a particular projects. You take in things like ground floor units, apartments, duplexes and that type of thing.

The majority of programming we are involved in is pre-commencement. We have the influence at that stage.

With regard to specific targets, we look at a minimum of 10% where we are part of disability action groups. There are avenues of funding that are available, such as the capital assistance scheme, for these unit types. It also comes down to that first initial conversation with the local authority to ensure the demand for those particular unit types ties in with the project it is proposed to deliver.