Station Details

Burneside (Cumbria)

Station NameBurneside (Cumbria)
Station CodeBUD
Station OwnerNorthern Trains
Developable Area98.33ha
Development Capacity1,475 homes (at 15dph)
Local Planning AuthoritySouth Lakeland
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required519
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered804
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score155%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Network Rail RegionNorth West
Network Rail Sub-RegionCumbria
Passengers, 2020 - 20218,508
Passengers, 2019 - 202022,016
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)2,077

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. Burneside (Cumbria) station had 22,016 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 60 people per day.

For a station with this number of passengers passing through it each year a density of 15 homes per hectare is reasonable, based on its proximity to major population centres and existing infrastructure.

Burneside (Cumbria) is located within the North 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 98.33ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 15 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 1,475 homes.

The station sits within South Lakeland planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 155%, having delivered 804 homes from a target of 519. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all South Lakeland's stations is 8,566 homes. That's 1,650% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of South Lakeland's stations is 8,566 homes without building on protected land. That's 1,650% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.