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Oxford Local Plan 2045
Planning policy url
Plan period
2025-2045
Housing numbers
463
Housing requirement yearly average
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POLICY H1: HOUSING REQUIREMENT
Provision will be made for at least 9,267 new homes to be built in Oxford over the plan period 2025-2045 (average of 463 per annum).
PINS data
Local development framework number: 2453
published
30 Jan 2026
PINS Timeline
| published | 30 Jan 2026 |
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Oxford Local Plan 2036
Planning policy url
Plan period
2016-2036
Housing numbers
10,884
Housing requirement total
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Notes
Stepped Trajectory: the housing requirement per annum reflects a stepped trajectory, as follows:
2016/17 to 2020/21: 475 dpa
2021/22 to 2035/36: 567 dpa.
Unmet Need:
The Local Plans for the other Oxfordshire districts are delivering 14,300 dwellings to meet Oxford’s unmet need, as follows:
Cherwell Local Plan Partial Review: Oxford’s unmet
needs - 4,400 dwellings (Plan submitted March 2018; Examination Autumn 2018);
South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2033 - 4,950 dwellings (Plan yet to be submitted submitted March 2019);
Vale of White Horse Local Plan Part 2
2,200 dwellings (Examination July 2018);
West Oxfordshire Local Plan 2,750 dwellings (Adopted September 2018).
Total provision towards Oxford’s unmet needs by
2031 = 14,300 dwellings.
PINS data
Local development framework number: 2003
adopted
08 Jun 2020
PINS Timeline
| published | 01 Nov 2018 |
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| submitted | 22 Mar 2019 |
| sound | 15 May 2020 |
| adopted | 08 Jun 2020 |