Use the England HELAA / SHLAA Tracker to identify current and continuing opportunities to put land forward for assessment through a Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment, Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment, Strategic Housing and Employment Land Availability Assessment or a related Call for Sites process. The tracker concentrates on authorities where a current submission route has been identified, rather than trying to list every historic assessment published in England.
Each entry shows the authority, region, submission route, current status, published position and official source. Some authorities operate a fixed window with a clear closing date. Others continue accepting sites after a formal exercise has ended and hold later submissions for a future HELAA or SHLAA update. That distinction matters because a site submitted today may not necessarily be assessed in the evidence-base version currently being prepared.
HELAA and SHLAA evidence can be important to a landowner because it records how a planning authority currently views the site’s suitability, availability, achievability, capacity and constraints. A favourable conclusion does not allocate the land or grant planning permission, while an unfavourable conclusion is not always permanent. Updated ownership information, a revised boundary, a different access solution or new technical evidence can sometimes justify reconsideration at a later stage.
This page is designed primarily to answer where a current submission or update route exists and what to check next. For a fuller explanation of the assessment process, terminology and meaning of site conclusions, use our What Is a HELAA or SHLAA? guide. Through Value My Land, we can also review an existing assessment entry and identify the next realistic route for updating or promoting the land.
Current land availability routes
A HELAA, SHLAA or SHELAA is an evidence-base assessment rather than a planning permission process. Councils use these studies to understand the supply of land that may be capable of accommodating housing, employment or other development during the Local Plan period. The source of sites can include earlier planning work, known public land, existing permissions and, importantly, sites put forward by landowners, developers and promoters.
The practical question for many landowners is not simply what a HELAA is, but whether the council is accepting new land now, whether an existing site record can be updated and when the next assessment version is likely to be prepared. This tracker focuses on that live or continuing submission route. It therefore complements, rather than duplicates, the main HELAA / SHLAA guide.
If your land is already recorded in an assessment, the existing site reference and conclusion should be checked before making a fresh submission. A council may already hold a boundary, capacity figure, ownership statement or constraint analysis for the site. Where the information is old or inaccurate, it may be more effective to update the existing record than to create a duplicate site submission.
Open and continuing submission routes
This update is dated 1 October 2026. All 18 existing entries have been reviewed and six new council opportunities added. Each row records the current submission status, deadline and any limits on late submissions. Open windows appear first, followed by continuing routes and closed exercises. This is a selective England-wide tracker, not a complete directory of every council or historic assessment. Published assessment evidence does not by itself mean new sites are being accepted.
24 opportunities shown
| Council / area | Region | Submission route | Status | Current position | Last checked | Official source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St Helens Borough Council The 1 September–6 October 2026 exercise supports the new Local Plan 2026–2044. Housing, employment, traveller, community, renewable-energy and environmental uses are invited. Use the 2026 form, not the separate closed 2025 SHLAA exercise. |
North West | Call for Sites / land availability evidence | Open | Official page | ||
Waverley Borough Council The 26 August–7 October window accepts new sites and significant changes to earlier submissions. Housing sites should provide at least five net dwellings. The August 2026 LAA used information received by 1 April; it is evidence, not an allocation. |
South East | Call for Sites / Land Availability Assessment | Open | Official page Submission information / form | ||
Runnymede Borough Council The 2026 SLAA site invitation runs 7 September–12 October alongside scoping. Submit a new site or update earlier details using the nomination form and a clear boundary plan. Housing, employment, community, greenspace, biodiversity and infrastructure uses are invited. The May 2026 SLAA is interim evidence. |
South East | Call for Sites / Strategic Land Availability Assessment | Open | Official page | ||
Rutland County Council The original June–July site window has been extended. The official portal lists 14 October as the closing date for Call for Sites 2026, alongside scoping. Use the current site form; the separate Main Modifications consultation ended 7 September. |
East Midlands | Call for Sites 2026 / Local Plan 2026–2046 | Open | Official page Submission information / form | ||
South Worcestershire Councils The joint Worcester, Malvern Hills and Wychavon exercise runs 19 August–30 October and invites brownfield and greenfield land for a range of uses. Formal plan preparation is expected on 31 October; this remains a forecast. |
West Midlands | Call for Sites / HELAA | Open | Official page Submission information / form | ||
Fareham Borough Council The council confirms a separate site invitation to 31 October. The scoping and engagement consultations close earlier, on 2 October. Use the new Local Plan page for the site submission route. |
South East | New Local Plan Call for Sites | Open | Official page Submission information / form | ||
Portsmouth City Council New Future Portsmouth Plan Call for Sites: 29 September–2 November 2026. Submit the current form by email to policyconsultations@portsmouthcc.gov.uk or by post. This fixed window is newer than the continuing route described on the HELAA 2025 page. |
South East | Call for Sites / HELAA | Open | Official page | ||
Lichfield District Council The 7 September–30 November exercise requires all previously submitted sites to be entered again on the new form. Housing proposals should provide at least five homes; brownfield and other development uses are invited. |
West Midlands | Call for Sites / land availability evidence | Open | Official page Submission information / form | ||
City of Wolverhampton Council Wolverhampton Plan Call for Sites is open for housing, employment and other development uses through 2045. Email the relevant form to wolverhamptonplan@wolverhampton.gov.uk. The scoping consultation closed on 8 September; the site invitation continues. |
West Midlands | Wolverhampton Plan Call for Sites / SHLAA | Open | Official page | ||
Cornwall Council Main and large-site calls support Local Plan 2050. Earlier SHLAA sites must be resubmitted. Main minimums: 0.06ha housing or 0.02ha employment; separate guidance applies to schemes of 800+ homes. Check the council's location and environmental exclusions. |
South West | Call for Sites / HELAA | Open | Official page Submission information / form | ||
Brent Council The separate Call for Sites continues after scoping closed on 30 September. Housing, commercial, community and green infrastructure uses are invited. Supply evidence that the land is available, such as ownership or landowner authority. |
London | New Local Plan / Land Availability Assessment | Open | Official page | ||
Hyndburn Borough Council The current invitation seeks brownfield sites. Email the council form and red-line plan to planningpolicy@hyndburnbc.gov.uk. The separate scoping consultation closed on 11 September; that is not a stated Call for Sites deadline. |
North West | Brownfield Call for Sites / HELAA | Open | No Call for Sites deadline stated | Official page | |
Hart District Council Sites for a range of uses remain accepted. The 5 June 2026 cutoff was for the assessment accompanying the planned October consultation; later sites will be considered in future LAA updates. |
South East | Call for Sites / Land Availability Assessment | Rolling | Open until further notice | Official page Submission information / form | |
Luton Borough Council Luton's New Site Submissions page continues to invite land through the consultation portal. The earlier formal window has ended; check the relevant assessment cycle when submitting. A final Call for Sites is forecast for May–June 2027. |
East of England | Call for Sites / SHLAA | Rolling | Continuing site invitation | Official page | |
Maidstone Borough Council The formal 2026 window closed 23 August. The council continues to accept sites, but later submissions may not enter the initial assessment. Previously submitted sites must be submitted again for the new plan. Use the council-linked consultation portal. |
South East | New Local Plan Call for Sites | Rolling | Late submissions accepted | Official page | |
Rother District Council New sites and further information remain accepted. Sites received after 1 August 2025 are unlikely to enter the next consultation's assessment. Housing: five dwellings; economic uses: 0.25ha or 500sqm, with an exception for sites adjoining a development boundary. Owner support and a red-line plan are required. |
South East | Call for Sites / HELAA | Rolling | Open for future assessment updates | Official page Submission information / form | |
Slough Borough Council Slough now explicitly accepts new sites outside the 2026 Call for Sites. Request a nomination form from planningpolicy@slough.gov.uk. Sites submitted in 2025 remain under consideration and need only be updated where details have changed. |
South East | Call for Sites / HELAA | Rolling | Sites accepted outside the formal window | Official page | |
Stafford Borough Council The 2026 SHELAA cutoff was 31 August. New sites remain accepted and are kept for future assessment updates. SHELAA 2025 remains the published assessment linked by the council. |
West Midlands | Call for Sites / SHELAA | Rolling | No fixed deadline for future updates | Official page Submission information / form | |
Tandridge District Council The council still accepts sites and says submissions after 4 September 2026 will enter the 2027 HELAA update. Submit a separate form and red-line plan for each site; contact the Local Plan team about timing. The updated questionnaire requires earlier sites to be resubmitted. |
South East | Call for Sites / HELAA | Rolling | New submissions for the 2027 HELAA | Official page | |
Wiltshire Council The initial evidence cutoff was 30 September 2026. Later sites are recorded and considered for this plan only where necessary and appropriate. Complete both the map and survey on the council platform; all site sizes and a range of uses are invited. |
South West | Call for Sites / land availability evidence | Rolling | Later submissions accepted | Official page Submission information / form | |
Greater London LAND4LDN's London-wide exercise is closed. Later sites are considered at the relevant borough's discretion; contact the programme before submission. A rolling SHLAA does not itself establish an unrestricted open Call for Sites. |
London | LAND4LDN / SHLAA | Closed | Official page | ||
Ribble Valley Borough Council The council's FAQ confirms the 3 July–14 August window. Late sites are not guaranteed assessment in this round; the next stated opportunity is consultation on the draft Local Plan. Previous submissions only require changes or deliverability updates. |
North West | Call for Sites / SHELAA | Closed | Official page | ||
Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk The 1–29 September scoping consultation, including additional sites missed in the earlier Call for Sites, has closed. The council is collating responses; no new submission window is confirmed on this source. |
East of England | Further site submissions / Local Plan evidence | Closed | Official page | ||
Dudley Council The 2026 exercise has ended. Earlier Black Country Plan or Dudley submissions had to be resubmitted; residential sites had to exceed 0.25 hectares. Retaining the consultation documents does not mean a new window is open. |
West Midlands | Call for Sites / land availability evidence | Closed | Official page Submission information / form |
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Authority positions can change without notice. A page may remain available after a formal window closes, a rolling submission may be held for a later assessment, and minimum site-size or ownership requirements can differ. Open the official source before relying on any entry.
Existing assessment review
We can review the published site entry, boundary, indicative capacity, assessment conclusion and identified constraints, then consider whether updated evidence or a current submission route may improve the way the land is presented to the authority.
After finding a route
The tracker should be the starting point rather than the submission itself. The most useful next steps are to confirm the authority’s requirements and understand what information it already holds about the site.
Confirm that the route is still available, whether the stated deadline has changed, which land uses are accepted and whether the authority distinguishes between new sites and updates to land already submitted.
Check the latest HELAA, SHLAA, SHELAA, interactive map or site schedule. If the land is already recorded, note the site reference, boundary, stated capacity, conclusion and any constraints identified by the authority.
A useful update should explain material changes since the previous assessment: ownership, availability, access, land use, boundary, capacity, technical evidence, infrastructure position or a change in the surrounding planning policy context.
Do not commission technical work simply to make the submission longer. Focus first on the reasons the site has not progressed and provide proportionate evidence that directly addresses those issues or demonstrates that circumstances have changed.
If your authority is not shown
Absence from this tracker does not mean the council is unwilling to consider land or that there is no current planning opportunity. The authority may be between formal Calls for Sites, preparing a new Local Plan, updating an existing land availability assessment or accepting information through a less prominent planning-policy route.
It is also possible that the latest HELAA or SHLAA has already been published and the next meaningful opportunity is a Local Plan consultation rather than another site-submission exercise. Where a site is already known to the council, representations on the emerging spatial strategy or proposed allocations can be more important than resubmitting the same information repeatedly.
Current submissions
Check whether the authority has a separate Call for Sites that may feed a later HELAA, SHLAA or Local Plan evidence-base update.
Check Current Calls for SitesPlan-making stage
See whether the council is approaching a consultation stage where site-selection evidence, spatial strategy or proposed allocations may be discussed.
Check Local Plan ProgressAssessment meaning
Understand the assessment terminology and why a site can be suitable in principle but still fail availability, achievability or delivery tests.
Read the Detailed GuideSite evidence
HELAA and SHLAA methodologies vary, but the same practical constraints regularly influence whether a site can progress. Review the issues most relevant to your land before deciding what supporting evidence is proportionate.
Check that the red-line boundary reflects the land genuinely available, that ownership is correctly described and that adjoining land needed for access or infrastructure is not assumed to be available without evidence.
Read the Title Plans and Boundaries GuideAn assessment may identify an apparently constrained frontage, visibility problem or highway-capacity issue. A revised access concept can materially change the way the site is understood.
Read the Access and Highways GuideCheck mapped flood zones, surface-water information, watercourses and whether a realistic developable area remains after allowing for drainage and flood-risk constraints.
Read the Flood Risk and Drainage GuideThe relationship with settlement edges, landscape character, trees, hedgerows, habitats and designated ecological sites can affect both suitability and indicative development capacity.
Listed buildings, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, archaeology and the setting of heritage assets can reduce capacity or require a different site layout rather than automatically ruling land out.
Read the Heritage GuideInfrastructure constraints can affect achievability and delivery timing. Consider utilities, wastewater capacity, electricity infrastructure and whether upgrades or third-party land may be required.
Read the Utilities GuideUse the evidence already published
Where a council has already assessed the land, the published record can tell you what needs attention before the next open window or Local Plan stage.
Match the council’s site reference and mapped boundary to the land you actually control. A boundary error can distort capacity, access and constraint conclusions.
Separate suitability, availability and achievability findings. A site may fail one test even though the authority accepts that development could be suitable in principle.
Identify whether the council relies on a mapped designation, officer judgement, technical evidence or missing information. That helps determine what type of update may be useful.
A HELAA conclusion is only part of the plan-making process. Track the next Call for Sites and Local Plan consultation so that the site is actively promoted when decisions about strategy and allocation are being made.
Assessment conclusions can change
If the assessment relies on old ownership information, an incorrect boundary, an unresolved access assumption or evidence that has since changed, there may be a basis for a better-supported update. The right response depends on the council’s current plan-making stage and the reason the site was reduced, rejected or deferred.
Tracker methodology
The page is designed as a practical monitoring tool. It should be read together with the authority’s own source rather than treated as a substitute for it.
Entries link to council or strategic-authority pages wherever a usable official source is available. The source should always be opened before a submission is prepared.
A fixed open window is normally tied to a defined plan-making exercise. A rolling route may simply mean information can be lodged now for consideration in a later evidence-base update.
Councils use different terminology and publishing arrangements. Absence from the tracker should trigger a check of the Local Plan, Call for Sites and latest land availability evidence.
Authorities can extend, close or replace an exercise. The Last checked column records when the entry was reviewed, but the council’s own page remains definitive.
September 2026 National Policy Check
The tracker records council activity, but the policy framework applying to a particular plan or decision now depends on whether the authority is using the new plan-making system or a legacy transitional route.
The new national decision-making policies are material considerations from publication. Applications should therefore be reviewed against the August 2026 framework even where the adopted Local Plan predates it, subject to the weight rules in Annex A.
Plans prepared under the 2026 regulations and spatial development strategies use the new framework. Other plans can remain under the December 2024 framework and its transition rules. The tracker stage should therefore be read with the council’s published legal route.
Regulation 18, Regulation 19, gateway and examination terminology can identify different systems. Open the council documents and confirm the statutory basis, policy version and deadline before submitting land or making a representation.
Council timetables, evidence documents and site-assessment positions can change between tracker updates. Verify the authority page and consultation documents before relying on a date or stage for a submission.
Use the tracker to identify the council and next document to inspect, then confirm the live position directly. Publication of the August 2026 NPPF does not reopen a closed council consultation. Check the applicable plan system, current local evidence and the separate deadline for each exercise.
Read the National Planning Policy Framework published on 17 August 2026.
Continue your research
Use these guides to move from the current tracker position into the relevant assessment, Local Plan, submission or site-suitability subject without repeating the detailed guidance on this page.
Understand the assessment process, terminology and the meaning of site conclusions.
Read GuideReview the three core tests that frequently determine whether a site can progress.
Read GuideSee how land availability evidence can feed into later site-selection and allocation decisions.
Read GuideUnderstand what councils normally request when land is put forward through a formal submission exercise.
Read GuideSearch current council Calls for Sites and fixed submission deadlines across England.
Open TrackerMonitor current Local Plan stages and identify where a later consultation may affect the site.
Open TrackerReview the wider policy, access, environmental and deliverability issues affecting development potential.
Read GuideUnderstand how national and local policy can influence the way a site is assessed.
Read GuideSee why settlement relationship, services, accessibility and surrounding development can affect site prospects.
Read GuideCommon questions
No. It focuses on identified open or continuing submission routes that can be linked to an official planning authority source. Historic assessments without a current submission route are not the main purpose of this page.
Open means an authority advertises a current submission opportunity. Rolling routes may accept information for a later assessment. Closed records a past window, while Needs recheck means current acceptance has not been reconfirmed. Always check the official requirements before submitting.
Rolling means site information can continue to be submitted after a formal window or without a fixed current closing date. The authority may hold the submission for a later HELAA, SHLAA or Local Plan evidence update.
No. A land availability assessment is evidence. It does not grant planning permission or allocate the site. Allocation is a later Local Plan decision and usually involves additional policy, sustainability and infrastructure testing.
Check the exact reason. If the conclusion relies on outdated availability information, an incorrect boundary, unresolved access, old technical evidence or an assumption that can now be addressed, a later update may be worthwhile.
Check the England Call for Sites Tracker, Local Plan Tracker and the council’s latest HELAA or SHLAA. The authority may be between formal windows or using a different route to collect land information.
No. The Last checked date tells you when the entry was reviewed. Councils can extend, close or amend exercises, so the official authority page remains the definitive source.
Yes. We can review the site reference, boundary, capacity, assessment conclusion, identified constraints and current Local Plan position, then consider whether an update or further promotion work is appropriate.
Free initial site review
Send the land postcode and approximate size. We can review whether the site is already recorded, how it has been assessed and whether a current submission, update or Local Plan route may be relevant.
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