PLEASE NOTE THIS CONSULTATION HAS NOW CLOSED.

Ashford Borough Council has started work on the statutory review of its Local Plan, which will primarily set the strategic vision and planned growth for housing and jobs within the borough to 2042.

As part of the Local Plan process, the council is inviting landowners, developers and other interested parties to submit sites that they own, or suggest land that may potentially be available, for inclusion in the Local Plan.

The Call for Sites consultation ran from Monday 18 August until Monday 13 October 2025.

What sites can you submit?

A broad range of sites can be submitted through the Call for Sites, including:

• Housing
• Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople accommodation
• Employment
• Community uses,
• Tourism,
• Energy Generation
• Nutrient neutrality mitigation land, and
• Biodiversity Net Gain.

To be considered in the Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (HELAA), sites must be capable of accommodating 5+ dwellings or economic development on sites of 0.25 hectares (or 500 metres of floorspace) and above. They could include vacant or derelict land, or opportunities for strategic conversions or extensions to existing buildings.

Local Green Space

The council is invited site submissions for Local Green Space. Please note this has a dedicated site submission form.

How do I submit a site?

If you have a site that you wish to submit, please get in contact with us via planning.policy@ashford.gov.uk

View the sites already submitted as part of the 2025 Call for Sites

Please note site submissions that have been submitted as part of the 2025 Call for Sites (with the Regulation 18 draft Local Plan 2042 consultation) will be assessed in due course and uploaded on this webpage.

View the sites already submitted as part of the 2023 Call for Sites

Please note sites submission as part of the 2023 Call for Sites were originally given the prefix HELAA/LP41. This has been updated to HELAA/LP42 to reflect the updated Local Plan period. (Any references to HELAA/LP41 should read HELAA/LP42).

All the site submissions are available to view using the 'Site submissions' panel on the right hand of the webpage.

The Council has also produced an interactive map which shows the location of the site submissions and the HELAA IDs. View our interactive map

Privacy Policy

Ashford Borough Council (ABC) is the data controller for the personal information you provide in this form. ABC’s Data Protection Officer can be contacted at FOI@ashford.gov.uk. Your information will be used to inform our Local Plan, consultations and processing is being conducted relying upon the public interest legal basis under the Town and Country Planning Act. Given the statutory status of the Local Plan, relevant regulations, and the public interest in making information on the Local Plan consultation available, it is appropriate for us to make a wide range of information and documents available on our website including consultation responses and the name and address of the individual and or company making those responses. Conversely, however, there is no wider duty or need to disclose information other than that which is statutory. Your telephone number and/or email address will not be published. Your information may be retained for the purpose of keeping you informed about the plan making process and will be deleted 6 years after the end of the relevant plan making cycle. Personal information including your name and contact details retained on our consultation database will be retained for the purpose of keeping you informed unless you opt out of this via your registration within the consultation database. For more information on your rights please see the council’s privacy statement at: https://www.ashford.gov.uk/.