New housing in Winchester City Council

We read Winchester City Council's planning register every day. We hold 17,793 of its planning applications going back to 2016, and 53 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.

It delivered 174% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.

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Key facts

Local Plan: Not recorded yet.
Five-year housing land supply: Not recorded yet.
Housing Delivery Test: 174% (2025)
Local Plan sites we hold: None loaded yet.
Planning applications we hold: 17,793

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	44	18	4
2025	58	36	13
2024	60	46	10
2023	63	47	9
2022	77	46	18
2021	66	50	9

The largest housing schemes of the last three years

Homes	Site	Status	Made
180	Land At Harestock Corner Salters Lane Winchester Hampshire Outline planning application with all matters reserved, excluding access, for development of up to 180 dwellings (Use Class C3), provision of public open space, associated landscaping, drainage and infrastructure works… 25/01874/OUT	Refused	12 Sept 2025
153	Land To The West Of Courtenay Road Winchester Hampshire Application for full planning permission to provide 153 dwellings (including affordable housing provision), new pedestrian and cycle routes, landscaping, parking, public open space, improvement of existing access… 26/01699/FUL	Awaiting decision	19 Aug 2026
65	Fields Rear Of Cranbourne Drive Otterbourne Hampshire Outline application with all matters reserved except access for the development of up to 65 dwellings (including affordable housing), a 70-bed residential care home (C2) and 0.24 ha of land safeguarded for a community/… 25/00159/OUT	Refused	30 Jan 2025
60	Land At Southwick Road And School Road Wickham Hampshire Request for a screening opinion under the EIA Regulations for proposed residential development comprising of 60 dwellings with landscaping, access and associated works on Land at Southwick Road / School Road, Wickham 24/02202/SCREEN	Approved	10 Oct 2024
48	Pitt Manor Romsey Road Winchester Hampshire SO22 5PR Construction of 48 dwellings, formation of access onto Kilham Lane, provision of landscaping, open space and drainage. Demolition existing buildings. Phased development 25/01208/FUL	Approved	23 Jun 2025
33	Three Minsters House 76 High Street Winchester Hampshire SO23 8UL Prior Notification requirement under Part MA of the GPDO for the change of use of Class E space to form 33 apartments 25/01729/PNRCOU	Refused	4 Sept 2025
29	Sheridan House 40 - 43 Jewry Street Winchester Hampshire Prior Notification requirement under Part MA of the GPDO for the change of use of Class E space to form 29 apartments 26/01798/PNRCOU	Awaiting decision	31 Aug 2026
16	Brymor House And Ocean House Parklands Business Park Forest Road Denmead Waterlooville Hampshire PO7 6XP Change of use of existing commercial office floorspace (Class E) to 16 residential flats (Class C3). 24/00773/PNRCOU	Approved	8 Apr 2024
10	Ovarro House Parklands Business Park Forest Road Denmead Waterlooville Hampshire PO7 6XP Change of Use of Existing Office Building to 10 Residential Units (Class C3) with Associated Parking 26/01941/PNRCOU	Approved	18 Sept 2026
10	New Farm Barns Northington Road Itchen Abbas Hampshire Change of use of agricultural buildings to form 10 dwellings including associated, non structural alterations, comprising new walls, windows and doors and provision of services and internal alterations. 26/00610/PNACOU	Approved	23 Mar 2026

Towns and villages

See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.

Where this comes from

Planning applications: Winchester City 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.