Call for Sites
The emerging Local Plan will need to identify sufficient land to meet future requirements for new homes, Gypsy and Traveller pitches, and jobs in the borough; as well as places for retail and leisure uses, and community infrastructure, and visitor and tourism facilities.
To reflect the council's ongoing commitment to create sustainable places that support the environment, health and wellbeing, and that seek to mitigate and adapt to, climate change; potential sites for new green spaces, energy generation, Biodiversity Net Gain opportunities, and wetlands for Nutrient Neutrality mitigation and/or nature based initiatives are also being sought.
The 'Call for Sites' does not determine how much new development is needed, or whether a site should be allocated in the Local Plan. It is simply an opportunity for landowners, developers, businesses, organisation community groups, and residents to suggest sites that they would like to be considered as part of the preparation of the emerging Ashford Borough Local Plan.
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On 30 June 2026, the council published its Notice of Intention to Commence Local Plan preparation which sets out that the council is restarting the process to prepare a Local Plan.
As this is a Local Plan to be prepared under the new plan making system, the Call for Sites information cannot be directly transferred across. The council is in the process of contacting anyone that submitted a site in the Call for Sites to notify them of the next steps.
How to make a site submission?
If you have a site that you wish to be considered please contact the Plan Making and Infrastructure team via planning.policy@ashford.gov.uk.
