THE Dartmoor National Park Authority is inviting residents, landowners, developers and community groups to suggest sites that could be considered for development as part of its new Local Plan.

The authority has launched a ‘Call for Sites’ exercise to identify potential opportunities that could help meet future housing, employment and community needs across the national park.

Suggestions are being sought for a range of uses, including affordable and specialist housing, employment and business development, gypsy and traveller pitches, community facilities, mixed-use developments and small sclae, renewable or low-carbon energy projects.

The authority is also inviting proposals for green spaces, as defined in the National Planning Policy Framework.

Submitting a site, however, does not mean it will automatically be allocated for development.

Rather, the exercise will create a pool of potential sites that can be assessed through further technical work and public consultation.

The findings will help inform decisions about which sites, if any, should be included in the new Local Plan.

The authority said: ‘In general, sites that reinforce and complement existing settlement patterns, rather than extending development into the wider countryside, are more likely to be suitable. Isolated sites and those located in open countryside are unlikely to be appropriate for allocation’.

The Call for Sites is open until February 26, 2027.

Dartmoor National Park Authority is working with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to test an online form and interactive mapping tool for you to submit information about sites.

It can accessed via the authority’s website. For a paper copy of the form, telephone 01626 832093.