Stage 1 of this process involved an Initial Call for Candidate Sites for a 16-week period from the 30th July 2018 to 19th November 2018. The purpose of inviting candidate site submissions at this stage was to assist the Council in understanding what land was available to inform the RLDP Preferred Strategy. A total of 204 candidate sites were submitted for development/redevelopment for a range of uses, including residential, employment and recreation uses and 16 sites were submitted for protection.