Station Details

Headstone Lane

Station NameHeadstone Lane
Station CodeHDL
Station OwnerLondon Overground
Developable Area35.71ha
Development Capacity1,786 homes (at 50dph)
Local Planning AuthorityHarrow
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required1,861
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered3,328
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score179%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Green BeltLondon
Green Belt Area35.71ha ( 100% of the potential development area)
Network Rail RegionLondon
Network Rail Sub-RegionOuter London - West and North West
Passengers, 2020 - 2021173,220
Passengers, 2019 - 2020422,622
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)702

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. Headstone Lane station had 422,622 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 1,161 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.

Headstone Lane is located within the London 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 35.71ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 50 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 1,786 homes.

The station sits within Harrow planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 179%, having delivered 3,328 homes from a target of 1,861. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all Harrow's stations is 2,612 homes. That's 140% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Harrow's stations is 0 homes without building on protected land. That's 0% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.