How many homes do we have room for?
Our Local Plan 2040 has identified space for 9,612 homes in Oxford between 2020 and 2040.
During the plan’s development we left no stone unturned in maximising the number of homes that can be built within city boundaries. This work included:
- building at higher density – we have assumed we will build at least twice as many homes on housing sites compared to our neighbouring districts
- allowing homes to be built on all employment sites for the first time
- allocating no new sites for employment use
- protecting existing homes as much as possible and discouraging their loss for other uses like short lets
- continuing to limit student accommodation to the city centre, district centres and land next to existing campuses
- contacting all major landowners and agents in Oxford to identify opportunities for new homes
Our housing company OX Place aims to build 2,000 homes by the end of this decade. OX Place’s commitment to affordable homes means it is already unlocking brownfield and hard-to-develop sites purely commercial builders wouldn’t touch.
