Station Details

Chetnole

Station NameChetnole
Station CodeCNO
Station OwnerGreat Western Railway
Developable Area109.88ha
Development Capacity549 homes (at 5dph)
Local Planning AuthorityDorset
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score0%
Network Rail RegionSouth West
Network Rail Sub-RegionDorset and Somerset
Passengers, 2020 - 2021460
Passengers, 2019 - 20202,720
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)2,442

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. Chetnole station had 2,720 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 7 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.

Chetnole 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 109.88ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 5 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 549 homes.

The station sits within Dorset planning authority.