Featherstone
| Station Name | Featherstone |
| Station Code | FEA |
| Station Owner | Northern Trains |
| Developable Area | 35.90ha |
| Development Capacity | 1,077 homes (at 30dph) |
| Local Planning Authority | Wakefield |
| 2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required | 2,549 |
| 2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered | 5,099 |
| 2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score | 200% |
| 2021 Housing Delivery Test - Consequence | None |
| Green Belt | South and West Yorkshire |
| Green Belt Area | 35.9ha ( 100% of the potential development area) |
| Network Rail Region | Yorkshire and The Humber |
| Network Rail Sub-Region | West Yorkshire |
| Passengers, 2020 - 2021 | 26,092 |
| Passengers, 2019 - 2020 | 76,146 |
| UK Station Passenger Rank (Use) | 1,642 |
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. Featherstone station had 76,146 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 209 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.
Featherstone 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 35.9ha.
Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 30 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 1,077 homes.
The station sits within Wakefield planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 200%, having delivered 5,099 homes from a target of 2,549. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.
The total capacity of all Wakefield's stations is 10,744 homes. That's 422% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.
Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Wakefield's stations is 40 homes without building on protected land. That's 2% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.
