Station Details

New Mills Newtown

Station NameNew Mills Newtown
Station CodeNMN
Station OwnerNorthern Trains
Developable Area59.53ha
Development Capacity2,977 homes (at 50dph)
Local Planning AuthorityHigh Peak
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required697
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered941
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score135%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Green BeltMerseyside and Greater Manchester
Green Belt Area27.38ha ( 45.99% of the potential development area)
Network Rail RegionEast Midlands
Network Rail Sub-RegionDerbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Passengers, 2020 - 202161,368
Passengers, 2019 - 2020220,658
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)1,206

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. New Mills Newtown station had 220,658 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 606 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.

New Mills Newtown is located within the East Midlands 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 59.53ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 50 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 2,977 homes.

The station sits within High Peak planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 135%, having delivered 941 homes from a target of 697. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all High Peak's stations is 17,658 homes. That's 2,533% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of High Peak's stations is 7,217 homes without building on protected land. That's 1,035% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.