New housing in West Oxfordshire District Council
We read West Oxfordshire District Council's planning register every day. We hold 17,085 of its planning applications going back to 2015, and 82 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 104% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 104% (2025)
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 17,085
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 69 | 27 | 8 |
| 2025 | 73 | 46 | 15 |
| 2024 | 109 | 66 | 28 |
| 2023 | 106 | 60 | 29 |
| 2022 | 115 | 69 | 31 |
| 2021 | 109 | 66 | 24 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,500 | Land North East Of Burford Road Brize Norton Oxfordshire EIA Scoping Request for Proposed development of up to 2,500 homes; a local centre comprising approximately 5,500sqm of Class E/F1/F2/C1/C2/C3 and/or Sui Generis; one neighbourhood centre with associated Class E uses… 26/00240/SCOPE | Awaiting decision | 29 Jan 2026 |
| 1,000 | Land (E) 426743 (N) 206772 Alvescot Road Carterton Oxfordshire Request for EIA Scoping Opinion relating to the proposed development of up to 1,000 dwellings, with supporting community uses, public open space, and ancillary works 26/00072/SCOPE | Awaiting decision | 13 Jan 2026 |
| 900 | Land North Of The Bungalows Burford Road Witney Oxfordshire Request for Scoping Opinion for up to 900 dwellings, a small local centre, public open space and associated infrastructure. 26/00364/SCOPE | Awaiting decision | 12 Feb 2026 |
| 600 | Land South Of Main Road Main Road Long Hanborough Oxfordshire EIA Screening Opinion request for development of up to 600 dwellings, including affordable housing, public open space, and associated hard and green infrastructure. 26/00118/SCREEN | Awaiting decision | 19 Jan 2026 |
| 400 | Land North Of The London Road Oxford Road Southcombe Chipping Norton Oxfordshire Request for an EIA Scoping Opinion for up to 400 dwellings, local centre, primary school, public open space, associated access arrangements and infrastructure. 26/00457/SCOPE | Awaiting decision | 23 Feb 2026 |
| 400 | Land At Curbridge Downs Farm Burford Road Minster Lovell Oxfordshire Screening Opinion (EIA) for a development of up to 400 residential dwellings with associated infrastructure, open space and access 24/02767/SCREEN | Awaiting decision | 28 Oct 2024 |
| 400 | Land South And East Peashell Farm Downs Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire Formal request for EIA Screening Opinion. Proposed development of up to 400 dwellings and associated works 24/02232/SCREEN | Awaiting decision | 29 Aug 2024 |
| 370 | Land At Peashell Farm Downs Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire Outline planning permission (with all matters reserved except for access from existing Downs Road roundabout) for up to 370 dwellings (use class C3) including the provision of affordable homes, land to accommodate up to… 25/00144/OUT | At appeal | 29 Jan 2025 |
| 350 | Land Parcel Northeast Of Chipping Norton Health Centre Russell Way Chipping Norton Oxfordshire EIA Scoping Opinion in relation to an outline planning application (with all matters reserved except access) for up to 350 dwellings, together with associated infrastructure, public open space, landscaping, and new… 26/00614/SCOPE | Awaiting decision | 25 Feb 2026 |
| 350 | Land (E) 428789 (E) 208512 Burford Road Brize Norton Oxfordshire Outline planning application with all matters reserved except access for up to 350 dwellings (Use Class C3); land for local community use (Use Classes E and F2); detailed means of access from Burford Road; public open… 25/00487/OUT | Approved | 25 Feb 2025 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
- Alvescot
- Ascott-under-Wychwood
- Aston (West Oxfordshire)
- Bampton (West Oxfordshire)
- Bladon
- Brighthampton
- Brize Norton
- Burford
- Carterton
- Cassington
- Chadlington
- Charlbury
- Chipping Norton
- Churchill (West Oxfordshire)
- Clanfield (West Oxfordshire)
- Combe
- Cornwell
- Curbridge (West Oxfordshire)
- Delly End
- Ducklington
- Enstone
- Eynsham
- Filkins
- Finstock
- Freeland
- Fulbrook
- Gagingwell
- Great Rollright
- Hailey
- Hardwick (West Oxfordshire)
- Kencot
- Kingham
- Langford (West Oxfordshire)
- Leafield
- Little Tew
- Long Hanborough
- Middle Barton
- Milton-under-Wychwood and Shipton-under-Wychwood
- Minster Lovell
- North Leigh
- Ramsden
- Standlake
- Stanton Harcourt
- Stonesfield
- Sutton (West Oxfordshire)
- Tackley
- Witney
- Woodstock
- Wootton (West Oxfordshire)
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: West Oxfordshire District Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.