South East
Oxford's brownfield register covers five years of its target
Oxford has to plan for 1,079 new homes a year, 5,395 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 5,691 of them.
Homes to spare
298
homes over 5 years
Housing Delivery Test
65%
of required homes built, 2025 measurement
Delivery
Over the three years to March 2025, Oxford delivered 1,099 of the 1,701 homes it was required to: 65%. The government's published consequence: the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies.
What is on the brownfield register
88 live sites covering 279 hectares, of which 59 have no planning permission yet. 14 give no housing estimate, so the capacity above is a floor, not a total.
A council short of land has to find more, and the 17 August 2026 planning framework widened what counts as grey belt. This page describes the council's position. It does not say whether any particular piece of land would get permission.
Housing Delivery Test 2025 measurement, published 17 August 2026.