Call for Sites

What is a Call for Sites?  

This Call for Sites provides an early opportunity for anyone to put forward land within the borough that has the potential for future development or that should be protected.

To make a suggestion, please read the full Call for Sites document; this is also available in paper format at all Tameside Council Libraries during normal opening hours, during the consultation period.

What type of land can you suggest? 

The Council is interested in all types of land and broad locations but would especially welcome suitable previously developed (brownfield) land and buildings in the most accessible locations in Tameside.

For housing, land should be able to support the delivery of at least five homes.

For economic development (office, industrial and warehousing) sites should be capable of delivering 500 square metres of gross floor space or have an area of at least 0.25 hectares, approximately a quarter an adult sized football pitch.

Who can suggest land?

Anyone can suggest land. When you submit land, you will be asked about your connection to it, you do not have to own land to suggest it; if you are not the landowner but you know who is, it would be helpful if you can tell us this.

How to submit land for consideration? 

Download the Call for Sites Proposal Form or complete it online here 

By email to: planpolicy@tameside.gov.uk

By post to: Planning Policy, Tameside MBC, PO Box 304, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 0GA

A separate form should be completed for each parcel of land. They should be submitted to the Council no later than 16 September 2024. Call for sites form

What will happen to the submitted call for sites information: The Council will:

• Undertake an assessment of all land put forward to determine the suitability, availability and achievability for the land use or development proposed;
• Consider land for inclusion in Tameside’s Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment and the Brownfield Land Register;
• Consider whether any of the land should be allocated in Homes, Spaces, Places Plan.

The Council may contact you to clarify details or request further information. A map showing location, details of who put the site forward and the use suggested will be published at the next stage in the plans production.