Call for Sites

Call for Sites

A ‘call for sites’ must be undertaken by local authorities preparing a local plan. Its purpose is to identify land that may be available for different purposes, for example the development of new homes and businesses or designation as local green space.

The information set out below relates to the call for sites that was undertaken from 10 March - 5 May 2025 to support preparation of the Peak District National Park Local Plan (Publication Draft).

The Call for sites:

• was an opportunity for landowners, developers, community groups, and individuals to put forward sites to be considered for
  • the development of new homes and businesses
  • nature recovery, renewable energy and open space
  • designation as Local Green Space.
• was not to determine whether a site can be developed.

The Call for sites area was the Peak District National Park Authority area.

What land uses were included?

• 100% Affordable Housing (on greenfield land).
• Self and custom build homes
• Other housing (on brownfield land).
• Specialised care comes (for example older people).
• Small-scale business including offices, manufacturing and warehousing.
• Small-scale and Community-led Renewable Energy
• Local Green Space.
• Biodiversity Net Gain.
• Open Space (allotments, amenity space etc).

Sites may be capable of fulfilling more than one of the above uses and this could be indicated on the submission form.

Submissions were accepted between 10 March – 5 May 2025 but the Call for Sites has now concluded.

All submissions were required to include a location map (to scale) that clearly and accurately showed the outline of the area being proposed for development or use in red and any adjacent land in the same ownership in blue, using an Ordnance Survey base map. If multiple land ownerships were involved they should have been clearly distinguished on the map.

Check here for further guidance that was published at the time.