Station Details

Battersby

Station NameBattersby
Station CodeBTT
Station OwnerNorthern Trains
Developable Area73.92ha
Development Capacity370 homes (at 5dph)
Local Planning AuthorityHambleton
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required540
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered1,725
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score319%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Network Rail RegionYorkshire and The Humber
Network Rail Sub-RegionNorth Yorkshire
Passengers, 2020 - 2021396
Passengers, 2019 - 20201,760
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)2,448

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. Battersby station had 1,760 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 5 people per day.

For a station with this number of passengers passing through it each year a density of 5 homes per hectare is reasonable, based on its proximity to major population centres and existing infrastructure.

Battersby is located within the Yorkshire and The Humber 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 73.92ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 5 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 370 homes.

The station sits within Hambleton planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 319%, having delivered 1,725 homes from a target of 540. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all Hambleton's stations is 4,993 homes. That's 925% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Hambleton's stations is 4,993 homes without building on protected land. That's 925% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.