Station Details

Seamer

Station NameSeamer
Station CodeSEM
Station OwnerTransPennine Express
Developable Area6.04ha
Development Capacity242 homes (at 40dph)
Local Planning AuthorityScarborough
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required444
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered1,586
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score357%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Network Rail RegionYorkshire and The Humber
Network Rail Sub-RegionNorth Yorkshire
Passengers, 2020 - 202134,528
Passengers, 2019 - 2020148,088
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)1,520

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. Seamer station had 148,088 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 407 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.

Seamer 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 6.04ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 40 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 242 homes.

The station sits within Scarborough planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 357%, having delivered 1,586 homes from a target of 444. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all Scarborough's stations is 2,652 homes. That's 597% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Scarborough's stations is 2,652 homes without building on protected land. That's 597% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.