Station Details

Bodmin Parkway

Station NameBodmin Parkway
Station CodeBOD
Station OwnerGreat Western Railway
Developable Area130.75ha
Development Capacity6,538 homes (at 50dph)
Local Planning AuthorityCornwall
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required6,832
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered8,944
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score131%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Network Rail RegionSouth West
Network Rail Sub-RegionCornwall and Isles of Scilly
Passengers, 2020 - 202175,998
Passengers, 2019 - 2020243,344
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)1,087

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. Bodmin Parkway station had 243,344 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 669 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.

Bodmin Parkway is located within the South West 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 130.75ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 50 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 6,538 homes.

The station sits within Cornwall planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 131%, having delivered 8,944 homes from a target of 6,832. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all Cornwall's stations is 25,139 homes. That's 368% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Cornwall's stations is 25,139 homes without building on protected land. That's 368% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.