Station Details

Little Kimble

Station NameLittle Kimble
Station CodeLTK
Station OwnerChiltern Railways
Developable Area44.48ha
Development Capacity445 homes (at 10dph)
Local Planning AuthorityBuckinghamshire
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required7,074
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered7,599
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score107%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Network Rail RegionSouth East
Network Rail Sub-RegionBerkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Passengers, 2020 - 20213,742
Passengers, 2019 - 20207,066
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)2,246

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. Little Kimble station had 7,066 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 19 people per day.

For a station with this number of passengers passing through it each year a density of 10 homes per hectare is reasonable, based on its proximity to major population centres and existing infrastructure.

Little Kimble 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 44.48ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 10 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 445 homes.

The station sits within Buckinghamshire planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 107%, having delivered 7,599 homes from a target of 7,074. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all Buckinghamshire's stations is 25,064 homes. That's 354% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Buckinghamshire's stations is 13,204 homes without building on protected land. That's 187% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.