Station Details

Mytholmroyd

Station NameMytholmroyd
Station CodeMYT
Station OwnerNorthern Trains
Developable Area58.97ha
Development Capacity2,949 homes (at 50dph)
Local Planning AuthorityCalderdale
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required2,085
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered1,140
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score55%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequencePresumption
Green BeltSouth and West Yorkshire
Green Belt Area58.2ha ( 98.69% of the potential development area)
Network Rail RegionYorkshire and The Humber
Network Rail Sub-RegionWest Yorkshire
Passengers, 2020 - 202145,912
Passengers, 2019 - 2020202,050
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)1,353

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. Mytholmroyd station had 202,050 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 555 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.

Mytholmroyd is located within the Yorkshire and The Humber 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 58.97ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 50 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 2,949 homes.

The station sits within Calderdale planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 55%, having delivered 1,140 homes from a target of 2,085. As a result of this score, the authority is subject to a 'presumption in favour of sustainable development', according to the NPPF.

The total capacity of all Calderdale's stations is 13,785 homes. That's 661% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Calderdale's stations is 1,790 homes without building on protected land. That's 86% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.