Station Details

Prees

Station NamePrees
Station CodePRS
Station OwnerTfW Rail
Developable Area155.74ha
Development Capacity1,557 homes (at 10dph)
Local Planning AuthorityShropshire
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required3,156
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered4,971
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score158%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Network Rail RegionWest Midlands
Network Rail Sub-RegionShropshire and Staffordshire
Passengers, 2020 - 20211,676
Passengers, 2019 - 20206,318
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)2,343

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. Prees station had 6,318 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 17 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.

Prees is located within the West 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 155.74ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 10 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 1,557 homes.

The station sits within Shropshire planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 158%, having delivered 4,971 homes from a target of 3,156. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all Shropshire's stations is 16,896 homes. That's 535% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Shropshire's stations is 10,822 homes without building on protected land. That's 343% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.