Planning applications granting new dwellings — South Oxfordshire

31, latest Q1 2026 (-8.8% year on year, from 34).

The count stood at 31 in Q1 2026. That is 8.8% lower than a year earlier. The series peaked at 98 in Q4 2017; the latest figure is 68.4% below that peak. Its low point was 14 in Q3 2000; the latest reading is 121% above that.

What these terms mean

Planning Permissions Granted

MHCLG's quarterly count of planning decisions granting permission for new dwellings, major and minor developments summed -- each decision counted once, not the number of dwelling units it covers. Source

Major and minor developments

MHCLG classifies a dwellings application as 'major' when it proposes 10 or more homes, and 'minor' when it proposes fewer than 10. This figure sums both, matching how Ireland's own planning permissions figure is not split by scheme size either.

Before you use these figures

• Unusually high in Q4 2017: This area's Q4 2017 figure is unusually high compared with what other areas reported for Q4 2017 — 98 against a typical figure (median) of about 28 across 284 other areas that period. No longer this dataset's latest period, so a look at just today's headline figure would not have caught it — flagged here from a check across the dataset's full history. Worth checking against the source before treating it as a straightforward trend.
• Latest figure: Q1 2026 — 3 quarters old: This dataset is published quarterly and the publisher hasn't released anything newer. Nothing is missing from this page.

Cite this figure:

Planning applications granting new dwellings — South Oxfordshire
31 for South Oxfordshire, Q1 2026
Caveats: Unusually high in Q4 2017; Latest figure: Q1 2026 — 3 quarters old
StatsMapped last confirmed this figure unchanged on 9 Sep 2026.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2)
https://statsmapped.com/united-kingdom/local-authority/south-oxfordshire/planning-permissions

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