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How much land each council still has to find for new homes

South East

South Oxfordshire must find land for 1,319 more homes

South Oxfordshire has to plan for 1,208 new homes a year, 6,040 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 4,723 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 2,504 Other brownfield on the register: 2,219 Still to find: 1,319

Brownfield cover

78%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Still to find

1,319

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

171%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, South Oxfordshire delivered 3,115 of the 1,825 homes it was required to: 171%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

93 live sites covering 228 hectares, of which 15 have no planning permission yet. 4 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.