Station Details

Hoveton & Wroxham

Station NameHoveton & Wroxham
Station CodeHXM
Station OwnerGreater Anglia
Developable Area41.84ha
Development Capacity1,674 homes (at 40dph)
Local Planning AuthorityNorth Norfolk
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required1,416
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered1,415
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score100%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Network Rail RegionEast of England
Network Rail Sub-RegionEast Anglia
Passengers, 2020 - 202138,880
Passengers, 2019 - 2020125,260
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)1,444

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. Hoveton & Wroxham station had 125,260 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 344 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.

Hoveton & Wroxham is located within the East of England 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 41.84ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 40 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 1,674 homes.

The station sits within North Norfolk planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 100%, having delivered 1,415 homes from a target of 1,416. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all North Norfolk's stations is 6,970 homes. That's 492% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of North Norfolk's stations is 6,970 homes without building on protected land. That's 492% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.