Heyford
| Station Name | Heyford |
| Station Code | HYD |
| Station Owner | Great Western Railway |
| Developable Area | 63.02ha |
| Development Capacity | 1,260 homes (at 20dph) |
| Local Planning Authority | Cherwell |
| 2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required | 2,505 |
| 2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered | 3,840 |
| 2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score | 153% |
| 2021 Housing Delivery Test - Consequence | None |
| Network Rail Region | South East |
| Network Rail Sub-Region | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |
| Passengers, 2020 - 2021 | 5,968 |
| Passengers, 2019 - 2020 | 39,986 |
| UK Station Passenger Rank (Use) | 2,167 |
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. Heyford station had 39,986 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 110 people per day.
For a station with this number of passengers passing through it each year a density of 20 homes per hectare is reasonable, based on its proximity to major population centres and existing infrastructure.
Heyford is located within the South East 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 63.02ha.
Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 20 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 1,260 homes.
The station sits within Cherwell planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 153%, having delivered 3,840 homes from a target of 2,505. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.
The total capacity of all Cherwell's stations is 10,859 homes. That's 434% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.
Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Cherwell's stations is 3,786 homes without building on protected land. That's 151% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.
