Diss
| Station Name | Diss |
| Station Code | DIS |
| Station Owner | Greater Anglia |
| Developable Area | 9.80ha |
| Development Capacity | 490 homes (at 50dph) |
| Local Planning Authority | South Norfolk |
| 2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required | 5,240 |
| 2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered | 6,940 |
| 2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score | 132% |
| 2021 Housing Delivery Test - Consequence | None |
| Network Rail Region | East of England |
| Network Rail Sub-Region | East Anglia |
| Passengers, 2020 - 2021 | 124,442 |
| Passengers, 2019 - 2020 | 671,300 |
| UK Station Passenger Rank (Use) | 834 |
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. Diss station had 671,300 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 1,844 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.
Diss is located within the East of England 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 9.8ha.
Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 50 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 490 homes.
The station sits within South Norfolk planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 132%, having delivered 6,940 homes from a target of 5,240. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.
The total capacity of all South Norfolk's stations is 1,307 homes. That's 25% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.
Taking green belt into account, the capacity of South Norfolk's stations is 1,307 homes without building on protected land. That's 25% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.
