Comment

Representation ID: 167679

Received: 25/03/2019

Respondent: South Cambridgeshire District Council

Policy COH/2-2: Large Site Design

Whilst welcoming aim of policy to provide design guidance for large sites in Cottenham, there are criteria that identify locally specific requirements without providing justification for them
i. Criterion c) relates to play space - LEAP which is different from requirement in Local Plan - Policy SC/7: Outdoor Play Space, Informal Open Space and New Developments and Figure 10 which provides a guide for the on-site provision of open space. This criterion could result in development having a lesser provision of open space - is this intention of policy?

ii. Criterion d) relates to distribution of affordable houses. In Local Plan Policy H/10 for affordable housing it mentions that this sort of housing should be in small groups or clusters distributed throughout the site. It is not clear that there is locally supported evidence to support neighbourhood plan approach to have individual affordable houses pepper potted through a site?