Station Details

Hagley

Station NameHagley
Station CodeHAG
Station OwnerWest Midlands Trains (West Midlands Railway)
Developable Area54.71ha
Development Capacity2,736 homes (at 50dph)
Local Planning AuthorityBromsgrove
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required1,413
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered624
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score44%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequencePresumption
Green BeltBirmingham
Green Belt Area18.41ha ( 33.65% of the potential development area)
Network Rail RegionWest Midlands
Network Rail Sub-RegionHerefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
Passengers, 2020 - 2021278,276
Passengers, 2019 - 2020492,262
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)529

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. Hagley station had 492,262 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 1,352 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.

Hagley is located within the West 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 54.71ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 50 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 2,736 homes.

The station sits within Bromsgrove planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 44%, having delivered 624 homes from a target of 1,413. As a result of this score, the authority is subject to a 'presumption in favour of sustainable development', according to the NPPF.

The total capacity of all Bromsgrove's stations is 15,979 homes. That's 1,131% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Bromsgrove's stations is 4,019 homes without building on protected land. That's 284% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.