Shiplake
| Station Name | Shiplake |
| Station Code | SHI |
| Station Owner | Great Western Railway |
| Developable Area | 7.22ha |
| Development Capacity | 217 homes (at 30dph) |
| Local Planning Authority | South Oxfordshire |
| 2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required | 2,143 |
| 2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered | 3,700 |
| 2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score | 173% |
| 2021 Housing Delivery Test - Consequence | None |
| Network Rail Region | South East |
| Network Rail Sub-Region | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |
| Passengers, 2020 - 2021 | 15,028 |
| Passengers, 2019 - 2020 | 94,084 |
| UK Station Passenger Rank (Use) | 1,879 |
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. Shiplake station had 94,084 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 258 people per day.
For a station with this number of passengers passing through it each year a density of 30 homes per hectare is reasonable, based on its proximity to major population centres and existing infrastructure.
Shiplake 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 7.22ha.
Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 30 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 217 homes.
The station sits within South Oxfordshire planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 173%, having delivered 3,700 homes from a target of 2,143. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.
The total capacity of all South Oxfordshire's stations is 5,312 homes. That's 248% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.
Taking green belt into account, the capacity of South Oxfordshire's stations is 217 homes without building on protected land. That's 10% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.
