Station Details

Radley

Station NameRadley
Station CodeRAD
Station OwnerGreat Western Railway
Developable Area86.27ha
Development Capacity3,451 homes (at 40dph)
Local Planning AuthorityVale of White Horse
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required2,004
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered3,915
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score195%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Green BeltOxford
Green Belt Area80.88ha ( 93.75% of the potential development area)
Network Rail RegionSouth East
Network Rail Sub-RegionBerkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Passengers, 2020 - 202120,830
Passengers, 2019 - 2020135,780
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)1,749

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. Radley station had 135,780 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 373 people per day.

For a station with this number of passengers passing through it each year a density of 40 homes per hectare is reasonable, based on its proximity to major population centres and existing infrastructure.

Radley is located within the South East 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 86.27ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 40 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 3,451 homes.

The station sits within Vale of White Horse planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 195%, having delivered 3,915 homes from a target of 2,004. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all Vale of White Horse's stations is 4,276 homes. That's 213% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Vale of White Horse's stations is 1,040 homes without building on protected land. That's 52% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.