Call for Land and Buildings Available for Change

Between 19 August and 30 September 2021 we invited landowners, agents, developers, community groups and others who were interested in having land considered for development, to submit information to the Councils on the sites they wanted to be assessed as part of the Joint Local Plan. We explained that we were particularly keen to hear about brownfield sites or existing larger buildings which could be converted into new uses, to reduce the scale of greenfield development. We called this our 'Call for Land and Buildings Available for Change'. This process, part of every local plan, is usually referred to as a Call for Sites. The change in name we used reflected that as well as land for housing and jobs, we gave an opportunity to submit sites for community and environmental uses, such as public open spaces or renewable energy. Submissions made through this exercise supplement sites previously submitted as part of the Vale of White Horse Call for Sites which took place in 2020.

We received over 400 submissions, and for transparency we are making the data available to you on the map below. More information about the data displayed is available at the bottom of the page. We received a mixture of sites, including some brownfield but many greenfield sites. You do not need to contact us to tell us whether you support or object to these sites. These are not proposals the Council is making for development. The Call for Land and Buildings Available for Change does not grant planning permission to any site submitted or confirm that the site will be suitable for development. The sites shown on the map are simply those that have been suggested by developers, landowners and others as sites they would like considered for allocation in the emerging Joint Local Plan. Many more sites have been promoted to the Councils than will be needed during the Joint Local Plan period up to 2041.

We are assessing the land and buildings submitted to us through the Call for Land and Buildings Available for Change exercise along with sites previously submitted to us or identified through other sources (such as those sites submitted to the Oxfordshire Plan 2050 Call for Ideas), through a process known as a ‘Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment’ (HELAA). The HELAA is a high level assessment which will assess each site against a range of environmental, heritage and physical constraints to determine the potential ‘suitability’, ‘availability’ and ‘achievability’ of land and buildings for different promoted uses. The HELAA does not allocate sites or grant planning permission, it only identifies sites they may be suitable for further consideration through the Joint Local Plan.

For more information on the Joint Local Plan please visit these websites:  South  /  Vale 

Our interactive map allows you to explore the districts by dragging the map with the hand tool and zooming in and out. You can use the cursor to click on the sites with coloured edges and this will bring up a box with site-specific information. You can switch between Ordnance Survey base mapping and aerial photography using the ‘slide tool’ with the double arrows and dragging it left and right across the map. You can expand the map to full screen using the arrows in the top right corner to allow easier navigation.