Station Details

Feniton

Station NameFeniton
Station CodeFNT
Station OwnerSouth Western Railway
Developable Area113.16ha
Development Capacity3,395 homes (at 30dph)
Local Planning AuthorityEast Devon
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required2,327
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered2,861
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score123%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Network Rail RegionSouth West
Network Rail Sub-RegionDevon
Passengers, 2020 - 202117,456
Passengers, 2019 - 202053,724
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)1,827

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. Feniton station had 53,724 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 148 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.

Feniton 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 113.16ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 30 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 3,395 homes.

The station sits within East Devon planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 123%, having delivered 2,861 homes from a target of 2,327. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all East Devon's stations is 8,247 homes. That's 354% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of East Devon's stations is 8,247 homes without building on protected land. That's 354% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.