Station Details

Shenstone

Station NameShenstone
Station CodeSEN
Station OwnerWest Midlands Trains (West Midlands Railway)
Developable Area59.52ha
Development Capacity2,381 homes (at 40dph)
Local Planning AuthorityLichfield
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required973
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered1,869
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score192%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Green BeltBirmingham
Green Belt Area59.46ha ( 99.9% of the potential development area)
Network Rail RegionWest Midlands
Network Rail Sub-RegionShropshire and Staffordshire
Passengers, 2020 - 202161,570
Passengers, 2019 - 2020178,698
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)1,205

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. Shenstone station had 178,698 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 491 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.

Shenstone 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 59.52ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 40 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 2,381 homes.

The station sits within Lichfield planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 192%, having delivered 1,869 homes from a target of 973. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all Lichfield's stations is 3,986 homes. That's 410% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Lichfield's stations is 1,608 homes without building on protected land. That's 165% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.