Station Details

Brookwood

Station NameBrookwood
Station CodeBKO
Station OwnerSouth Western Railway
Developable Area22.01ha
Development Capacity1,101 homes (at 50dph)
Local Planning AuthorityWoking
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required872
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered683
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score78%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceBuffer
Green BeltLondon
Green Belt Area13ha ( 59.06% of the potential development area)
Network Rail RegionSouth East
Network Rail Sub-RegionSurrey, East and West Sussex
Passengers, 2020 - 2021204,918
Passengers, 2019 - 2020963,736
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)642

Development Potential

England's busiest station (apart from those serving airports) had 4,170,558 passenger movements in the period 2019-2020. The station with the least was 68. Brookwood station had 963,736 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 2,648 people per day.

For a station with this number of passengers passing through it each year a density of 50 homes per hectare is reasonable, based on its proximity to major population centres and existing infrastructure.

Brookwood is located within the South East railway region. The potential area for development around the station (excluding existing buildings, national parks, flood zones, public green space, protected habitats, areas of outstanding natural beauty, world heritage sites and surface water) is approximately 22.01ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 50 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 1,101 homes.

The station sits within Woking planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 78%, having delivered 683 homes from a target of 872. As a result of this score, the a 'buffer' of 20% will be added to the authority's 5-year land supply, and an action plan must be produced.

The total capacity of all Woking's stations is 3,725 homes. That's 427% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Woking's stations is 451 homes without building on protected land. That's 52% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.