The Government's latest housing target for Cherwell aims to bring hundreds more new homes a year than the previous goal, new figures show.

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner will make local housing targets mandatory again, as she unveiled an overhaul of England's planning rules to help deliver Labour's promise of 1.5m new homes by 2029.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government figures show the proposed target for Cherwell has been set at 1,095 new homes annually – up from the current target of 706 homes a year.

The figures also show the proposed target for South Oxfordshire has been set at 1,179 new homes annually – up from the current target of 579 homes a year.

Across England, councils will now have to plan for around 370,000 homes annually, instead of the previous 305,000.

Across the South East, the target has shifted from 51,251 new home a year to 69,060 homes.

Meanwhile, London was the only region to see its target cut, falling from 98,820 homes a year to 80,690.