Station Details

Rauceby

Station NameRauceby
Station CodeRAU
Station OwnerEast Midlands Railway
Developable Area86.06ha
Development Capacity861 homes (at 10dph)
Local Planning AuthorityNorth Kesteven
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required2,810
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered4,925
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score175%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Network Rail RegionEast Midlands
Network Rail Sub-RegionLincolnshire
Passengers, 2020 - 20212,586
Passengers, 2019 - 20209,234
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)2,303

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. Rauceby station had 9,234 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 25 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.

Rauceby 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 86.06ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 10 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 861 homes.

The station sits within North Kesteven planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 175%, having delivered 4,925 homes from a target of 2,810. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all North Kesteven's stations is 9,998 homes. That's 356% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of North Kesteven's stations is 9,998 homes without building on protected land. That's 356% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.