Call for sites

As part of preparing a new Local Plan for Waverley, the council undertook a Call for Sites to inform the 2024 Land Availability Assessment (LAA). This is a stock-take of potential sites that can be assessed through the plan-making process.

The current Land Availability Assessment (LAA) was published in November 2020. The LAA 2024 will be a key evidence document for the new Local Plan. 

This call for sites ran from 20 December 2023 to 31 March 2024. All sites which met the council’s site size threshold will be assessed and will appear in the 2024 Land Availability Assessment (LAA).

However, the call for sites is always open and sites submitted after this date will be held and assessed at the next opportunity. 

How to submit a site

We would be interested to hear from you if you have a site which you consider to be suitable for development for the following uses:

• Residential uses (including student and other communal accommodation such as older persons housing)
• Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople accommodation
• Employment and/or retail use
• Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace (SANG)
• Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) offsetting sites
• Renewable energy generation
• Other uses (such as recreational, leisure, community).

To submit a site, please complete the online form and upload a site location plan showing the site’s boundary clearly depicted in red.  

Call for Sites online form

Alternatively, please download a copy of the form and return to:

• planningpolicy@waverley.gov.uk; or
• Call for Sites, Planning Policy, Planning Services, Waverley Borough Council, The Burys, Godalming, GU7 1HR. Electronic submissions via email are preferred.

If you have previously promoted a site to the council, please do not re-submit unless there are substantial changes to the information relating to the site. 

Guidelines for submission

• Please complete a separate form for each site
• Please include as much information as possible; you must also provide a location map that clearly identifies the site boundary.

There is no site size threshold for the submission of sites. Sites submitted to the Borough Council may be shared with the relevant Parish or Town council to enable them to undertake their own site assessments as part of preparing their Neighbourhood Plans.

Please be aware that any information you submit in response will be made publicly available by Waverley Borough Council and will be identifiable by name or organisation; for more information please see our Privacy Notice and Privacy Notices for Parish and Town Councils: 

• Alfold Parish Council
• Bramley Parish Council
• Chiddingfold Neighbourhood Plan 
• Churt Parish Council
• Cranleigh Parish Council
• Dockenfield Parish Council
• Dunsfold Parish Council 
• Elstead Parish Council 
• Ewhurst and Ellens Green Parish Council
• Farnham Town Council
• Frensham Parish Council
• Godalming Town Council
• Hambledon Parish Council
• Hascombe Parish Council
• Haslemere Town Council
• Munstead & Tuesley Parish Council
• Thursley Parish Council
• Tilford Parish Council
• Witley and Milford Parish Council
• Wonersh Parish Council

What happens next?

If you would like to be kept informed of upcoming planning policy consultations and future calls for sites, please register on our consultation platform.