Station Details

Islip

Station NameIslip
Station CodeISP
Station OwnerChiltern Railways
Developable Area80.94ha
Development Capacity1,619 homes (at 20dph)
Local Planning AuthorityCherwell
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required2,505
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered3,840
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score153%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Green BeltOxford
Green Belt Area80.94ha ( 100% of the potential development area)
Network Rail RegionSouth East
Network Rail Sub-RegionBerkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Passengers, 2020 - 20215,992
Passengers, 2019 - 202034,168
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)2,165

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. Islip station had 34,168 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 94 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.

Islip 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 80.94ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 20 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 1,619 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.