New Local Plan - Issues & Options (Regulation 18)

Ended on the 27 February 2024

8. Call for Sites

8.1 Alongside this consultation the Council is running a Call for Sites. The Call for Sites is an opportunity for landowners, developers, agents and site promoters to submit sites within or partially within Harborough District which they consider have potential for development.

8.2 National planning policy requires the Council to have a clear and up-to-date understanding of potential development land in the District. The Council carried out a Call for Sites between March and June 2021. An initial assessment of these sites has been carried out in accordance with Government Guidance through the Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA) and Sustainability Appraisal. We are aware of the sites submitted for consideration in 2021 and they should not be resubmitted again through this Call for Sites process.

8.3 The Council would welcome the submission of potential new sites for a wide range of land uses such as:

  • Housing including:
    • General housing
    • Specialist housing for older people
    • Affordable housing only (e.g. rural exception sites)
    • Build to rent
    • Self-build and custom housebuilding
    • Gypsy and Traveller and travelling showpeople accommodation
  • Employment including:
    • Office
    • Industrial
    • Non-strategic warehousing
    • Large warehousing (i.e. strategic distribution)
  • Retail
  • Leisure, recreation and community facilities

8.4 After this consultation closes, the Council will update the SHELAA and relevant evidence to take account of any new sites submitted as appropriate.

8.5 More information and details on how to submit a site for consideration through the Call for Sites process is available on the Council's website.

8.6 It is important to understand that no decisions have been made on which sites should come forward for development through the new Local Plan at this stage. The SHELAA and Sustainability Appraisal are not decision-making documents and do not allocate sites for development. They form part of the Local Plan evidence base that will be used to help inform the site selection process carried out later in the Local Plan process along with other considerations (see site selection methodology below).

For instructions on how to use the system and make comments, please see our help guide.
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