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

South East

West Oxfordshire must find land for 3,977 more homes

West Oxfordshire has to plan for 901 new homes a year, 4,505 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 527 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 457 Other brownfield on the register: 70 Still to find: 3,977

Brownfield cover

12%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Still to find

3,977

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

104%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, West Oxfordshire delivered 1,771 of the 1,701 homes it was required to: 104%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

27 live sites covering 21 hectares, of which 4 have no planning permission yet. 1 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.