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Call for sites

As part of preparing a new Local Plan for Waverley, the Council is undertaking 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.

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.

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 will run from 20 December 2023 to 31 March 2024.

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.  

New Local Plan: Call for sites 2023/24 online form

Alternatively, please download a copy of the form below 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.

The deadline for the receipt of sites is 31 March 2024.  Sites received after this date will not be assessed and included in the LAA 2024. 

However, the call for sites is always open and sites submitted will be held and assessed at the next opportunity. 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. However, when assessing sites for the LAA, the Council will only assess sites put forward for residential uses which can deliver more than 5 net additional dwellings. Parish and Town Councils may decide to use a different site size threshold when assessing sites for neighbourhood planning purposes.

Privacy notices

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 town and parish councils:

What happens next?

Once submitted, all sites which meet the Council’s site size threshold will be assessed and will appear in the Land Availability Assessment (LAA) 2024.

Parish and town councils may decide to use a different site size threshold when assessing sites for Neighbourhood Plan purposes.

The council will be consulting on the proposed methodology for assessing the sites submitted to us in early 2024. If you would like to be kept informed of this upcoming consultation and other planning policy consultations, please register on our consultation portal.