Station Details

Moreton-In-Marsh

Station NameMoreton-In-Marsh
Station CodeMIM
Station OwnerGreat Western Railway
Developable Area16.80ha
Development Capacity840 homes (at 50dph)
Local Planning AuthorityCotswold
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required1,084
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered1,496
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score138%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Network Rail RegionSouth West
Network Rail Sub-RegionGloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bath/Bristol area
Passengers, 2020 - 202150,588
Passengers, 2019 - 2020292,544
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)1,298

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. Moreton-In-Marsh station had 292,544 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 804 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.

Moreton-In-Marsh is located within the South West 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 16.8ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 50 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 840 homes.

The station sits within Cotswold planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 138%, having delivered 1,496 homes from a target of 1,084. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all Cotswold's stations is 6,449 homes. That's 595% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Cotswold's stations is 6,449 homes without building on protected land. That's 595% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.