The National Planning Policy Framework (2023) paragraph 69 requires us to have a clear understanding of land available for housing and economic development in the district by preparing an assessment called the HELAA. This is a technical study, which assesses the suitability, availability and achievability of land for development in accordance with the National Planning Practice Guidance (PPG).
The HELAA is an important evidence source and helps in the preparation of a local plan by identifying potential sites for new homes, employment and other land uses and is updated regularly. It does not form a policy neither does it determine whether a site should be allocated for development.
Call for sites
A Call for sites is an information gathering exercise used to identify potential sites for inclusion within the HELAA. The council undertook a call for sites from 5 February 2024 until 17 March 2024. We received around 268 site submissions along with supporting data for the site maps.
Although the formal call for sites is closed, we are still accepting site submissions. We will periodically take stock of the sites so we can produce a HELAA report, alongside the local plan.
We will update the website with any cut off dates for inclusion with the HELAA. Sites submitted after such dates will be considered in future HELAA updates.
Tell us about a site for development
Sites can be submitted by anyone or any organisation and at any time.
We are keen to hear about potential sites for:
Housing
- Market housing.
- Affordable housing.
- Supported housing or accommodation for older people.
- Custom and self-build housing.
- Gypsy and Traveller pitches or Travelling Showpeople plots.
Economic development
- Offices.
- Retail.
- Industrial and warehousing.
- Leisure and recreation.
- Culture, tourism and arts.
Other uses, including:
- Community.
- Blue and green infrastructure such as open spaces, rewilding, natural flood mitigation or renewable energy.
- Biodiversity net gain.
To submit a site for consideration, please provide as much information as possible. We will carefully consider the site and contact you if we require further information.
To ensure a fair and consistent assessment of sites, we will not consider any additional promotion site information.
Before you submit
Please follow the submission guidelines:
- Complete a separate form for each site.
- The site should be capable of delivering five or more dwellings for residential, or be 0.25 hectares or more in size (or capable of providing a minimum of 500 sqm floorspace) for economic development. These minimum thresholds do not apply for sites submitted with the intention to be developed for Gypsy and Traveller pitches or Travelling Showpeople plots.
- The site must be situated wholly or partially within the Tandridge district.
- We will not accept anonymous submissions.
- A site location plan should accompany the form. The plan should clearly identify the site boundary in red. The map should be of a suitable scale (preferably 1:1250) on an Ordnance Survey (OS) base map, clearly identifying the site boundary and two street names. If you are able to, please submit an ESRI shapefile(or a GeoJson file) showing the site boundary along with the OS plan.
If you require help to complete the form, please e-mail the Local Plan Team.
Frequently asked questions