Station Details

Kelvedon

Station NameKelvedon
Station CodeKEL
Station OwnerGreater Anglia
Developable Area67.93ha
Development Capacity3,397 homes (at 50dph)
Local Planning AuthorityBraintree
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required1,848
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered2,302
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score125%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Network Rail RegionEast of England
Network Rail Sub-RegionEssex
Passengers, 2020 - 2021119,948
Passengers, 2019 - 2020797,650
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)853

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. Kelvedon station had 797,650 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 2,191 people per day.

For a station with this number of passengers passing through it each year a density of 50 homes per hectare is reasonable, based on its proximity to major population centres and existing infrastructure.

Kelvedon 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 67.93ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 50 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 3,397 homes.

The station sits within Braintree planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 125%, having delivered 2,302 homes from a target of 1,848. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all Braintree's stations is 14,770 homes. That's 799% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Braintree's stations is 14,770 homes without building on protected land. That's 799% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.