Station Details

Maghull North

Station NameMaghull North
Station CodeMNS
Station OwnerMerseyrail
Developable Area15.76ha
Development Capacity788 homes (at 50dph)
Local Planning AuthoritySefton
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required1,638
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered2,105
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score129%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Green BeltMerseyside and Greater Manchester
Green Belt Area15.76ha ( 100% of the potential development area)
Network Rail RegionNorth West
Network Rail Sub-RegionMerseyside
Passengers, 2020 - 2021138,794
Passengers, 2019 - 2020517,166
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)790

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. Maghull North station had 517,166 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 1,421 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.

Maghull North is located within the North 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 15.76ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 50 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 788 homes.

The station sits within Sefton planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 129%, having delivered 2,105 homes from a target of 1,638. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all Sefton's stations is 7,571 homes. That's 462% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Sefton's stations is 15 homes without building on protected land. That's 1% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.