Station Details

Chapel-En-Le-Frith

Station NameChapel-En-Le-Frith
Station CodeCEF
Station OwnerNorthern Trains
Developable Area110.80ha
Development Capacity3,324 homes (at 30dph)
Local Planning AuthorityHigh Peak
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required697
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered941
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score135%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Network Rail RegionEast Midlands
Network Rail Sub-RegionDerbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Passengers, 2020 - 202120,680
Passengers, 2019 - 202068,066
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)1,750

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. Chapel-En-Le-Frith station had 68,066 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 187 people per day.

For a station with this number of passengers passing through it each year a density of 30 homes per hectare is reasonable, based on its proximity to major population centres and existing infrastructure.

Chapel-En-Le-Frith is located within the East Midlands 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 110.8ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 30 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 3,324 homes.

The station sits within High Peak planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 135%, having delivered 941 homes from a target of 697. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all High Peak's stations is 17,658 homes. That's 2,533% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of High Peak's stations is 7,217 homes without building on protected land. That's 1,035% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.