Comment
Cottenham Neighbourhood Plan - submission consultation
Representation ID: 167681
Received: 25/03/2019
Respondent: South Cambridgeshire District Council
Policy COH/2-4: Locally affordable housing and CLT
We feel that this policy could be misinterpreted to imply that it is promoting housing development in the open countryside. In criterion a) it states that homes are located on sites near or immediately adjacent to Cottenham's development framework boundary. We feel that the term "near" would need to be defined very precisely. Developers could see this as an opportunity to propose sites well away from the existing built area of the village of Cottenham which would be contrary to national and local plan policy. Would a preferable term be 'adjoining' to the framework? This would conform to the wording in the Local Plan policy on rural exception sites (Policy H/11)