Station Details

Hayes (Kent)

Station NameHayes (Kent)
Station CodeHYS
Station OwnerSoutheastern
Developable Area14.20ha
Development Capacity1,065 homes (at 75dph)
Local Planning AuthorityBromley
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required1,655
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered1,477
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score89%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceAction plan
Green BeltLondon
Green Belt Area14.2ha ( 100% of the potential development area)
Network Rail RegionLondon
Network Rail Sub-RegionOuter London - South
Passengers, 2020 - 2021208,434
Passengers, 2019 - 20201,170,984
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)635

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. Hayes (Kent) station had 1,170,984 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 3,217 people per day.

For a station with this number of passengers passing through it each year a density of 75 homes per hectare is reasonable, based on its proximity to major population centres and existing infrastructure.

Hayes (Kent) 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 14.2ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 75 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 1,065 homes.

The station sits within Bromley planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 89%, having delivered 1,477 homes from a target of 1,655. As a result of this score, the authority must produce an 'action plan' setting out how it intends to address this shortfall.

The total capacity of all Bromley's stations is 7,056 homes. That's 426% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Bromley's stations is 1,057 homes without building on protected land. That's 64% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.