Ms Anne Marie O'Connor:

I would not disagree with the Senator. This is the challenge. Getting the balance right is absolutely the challenge. The old approach was to zone a very large amount of land and to have no limitations, or very few, on the amount of land we zoned, but we know where that approach ended up. We know we ended up with urban sprawl and land developed in the wrong locations. We need to change this around. Critical to doing this is to have a strong, plan-led approach. This requires striking a balance between zoning sufficient land to allow delivery to meet the housing targets in the development plan and doing this in the right places.