The Bill stresses the need for flexibility and the options available are important. For example, the Minister mentioned the option of the applicant reaching an agreement to reserve land, provide houses or sites at another location, make a payment to the local authority which will be used for the provision of social and affordable housing or agree to a combination of any of these options. This is as well as reserving land within a proposed development for the local authority to provide houses or sites. If there is an alternative to reserving land, the authority must receive the equivalent monetary value and will have to consider, among other things, the need to counteract undue social segregation in the area.