What is this form for?
The council is looking to identify sites to help meet all future development needs in Stoke-on-Trent. This form can be submitted to help us to identify a range of sites, including:
- Housing – Over 0.25 hectares or could accommodate 5 or more dwellings (e.g. market housing, affordable housing, older persons accommodation, self & custom build and Gypsy and Traveller accommodation);
- Employment - Over 0.25 hectares or could accommodate over 500sqm of employment floorspace (e.g. offices, light industrial, industrial and warehousing);
- Retail (e.g. convenience retail, supermarkets, shopping centres and retail parks);
- The redevelopment of sites,
- Social Infrastructure (e.g. schools, health facilities, community facilities);
- Open space (e.g. local greenspace, accessible natural greenspace, land for biodiversity net gain, sports pitches, playing fields, parks or gardens); and
- Other uses or mix of above uses.
The sites need to have a realistic prospect of development within the next 20 years. Sites that fall outside the above parameters will not be considered.
Site information updates and submissions are invited in connection with the preparation of the draft local plan and to ensure we meet the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
What do I need to do?
Please identify the site and provide information to help us assess the suitability and potential delivery of development.
Complete the following sections with as much information as possible.
Provide a scaled site plan clearly showing the site boundary in red and at least two named roads to help confirm its exact location.
Submit your form and plan online, via email or to the address at the end of the document.
Note: The form will time out after 10 minutes of no activity and any information entered will be lost. Documents such as site plans are uploaded at the end of the form, have them to hand to upload to prevent timing out. You can also send site plans by email to plan@stoke.gov.uk.
A separate form needs to be completed and submitted for each site.
Nominating a site for assessment does not imply that the council agrees with the information provided or that it should be developed. By submitting this form, you are providing consent for a representative of the council to assess the site to determine if the site is developable.
The council will publish its finding in its Strategic Housing/Employment Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA) which will be used as a key piece of evidence to inform the Development Plan for the area.
The inclusion of any site in the SHELAA does not guarantee that planning permission will be granted or that the site will be allocated for development.
What happens next?
Once the information has been considered through the SHELAA process, sites that have been identified as deliverable and developable will start to feed into the Local Plan site selection process. It is incredibly important that landowners continue to update the council regarding their site to ensure that the Local Planning Authority has sufficient, robust evidence to justify its delivery and form a potential land allocation through the Local Plan.
Should information not be provided in a timely manner to meet the Local Plan timetable or is not updated to reflect the status of each site, the Local Planning Authority will be unable to consider the site further through the local plan process.
Please note – The level of information required for each site may vary and therefore should sites be considered formally through the site selection process; the Local Planning Authority may require further bespoke technical studies to evidence deliverability which go beyond this form.
Data Protection
In compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the personal information you provide will only be used for the purpose of preparing new Development Plan documents in Stoke-on- Trent detailed in the Planning Policy Fair Processing Notice.
The information you supply cannot be treated as confidential. By responding you are accepting that your response and the information within it will be made available to the public.
All written material held by the council must be considered for release under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, unless falling under a statutory exemption or exception.