Station Details

Hampton-In-Arden

Station NameHampton-In-Arden
Station CodeHIA
Station OwnerWest Midlands Trains (West Midlands Railway)
Developable Area90.63ha
Development Capacity3,625 homes (at 40dph)
Local Planning AuthoritySolihull
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required2,010
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered2,283
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score114%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Green BeltBirmingham
Green Belt Area87.86ha ( 96.94% of the potential development area)
Network Rail RegionWest Midlands
Network Rail Sub-RegionWest Midlands
Passengers, 2020 - 202128,610
Passengers, 2019 - 2020182,380
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)1,601

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. Hampton-In-Arden station had 182,380 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 501 people per day.

For a station with this number of passengers passing through it each year a density of 40 homes per hectare is reasonable, based on its proximity to major population centres and existing infrastructure.

Hampton-In-Arden 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 90.63ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 40 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 3,625 homes.

The station sits within Solihull planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 114%, having delivered 2,283 homes from a target of 2,010. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all Solihull's stations is 17,033 homes. That's 847% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Solihull's stations is 2,649 homes without building on protected land. That's 132% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.