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 runs until 5pm on Monday 13 October 2025.

The Council is also inviting submissions of sites as Local Green Spaces. Please note this has a specific site submission form below.

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 also inviting site submissions for Local Green Space. Please note this has a dedicated site submission form. As part of the submission, you will need to provide justification for why the site should be considered.

How do I respond to the consultation?

You can respond to the consultation online, via email or by post.

Online

Comments can be made directly using the links below or at the bottom of the webpage:

Submit your site in the Call for Sites

Submit your site for consideration as Local Green Space

By email or post

The preferred method of responding is via our online consultation form (see above). If you are unable to respond via the online form, please download the comment forms on the right hand panel under the sections titled 'How to comment ..'.

The comment forms are available to download as a Word document or as a PDF.

To return via email to send to planning.policy@ashford.gov.uk

Return via post to Plan-Making & Infrastructure Team, Spatial Planning, Ashford Borough Council, International House, Dover Place, Ashford, TN23 1HU.

When do I have to provide my site submissions by?

All comments must be submitted to the council by 5pm on Monday 13 October 2025.

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/.