Station Details

Shepperton

Station NameShepperton
Station CodeSHP
Station OwnerSouth Western Railway
Developable Area8.01ha
Development Capacity401 homes (at 50dph)
Local Planning AuthoritySpelthorne
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required1,554
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered1,073
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score69%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequencePresumption
Green BeltLondon
Green Belt Area8.01ha ( 100% of the potential development area)
Network Rail RegionSouth East
Network Rail Sub-RegionSurrey, East and West Sussex
Passengers, 2020 - 202178,532
Passengers, 2019 - 2020358,762
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)1,068

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. Shepperton station had 358,762 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 986 people per day.

For a station with this number of passengers passing through it each year a density of 50 homes per hectare is reasonable, based on its proximity to major population centres and existing infrastructure.

Shepperton 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 8.01ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 50 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 401 homes.

The station sits within Spelthorne planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 69%, having delivered 1,073 homes from a target of 1,554. As a result of this score, the authority is subject to a 'presumption in favour of sustainable development', according to the NPPF.

The total capacity of all Spelthorne's stations is 2,983 homes. That's 192% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Spelthorne's stations is 0 homes without building on protected land. That's 0% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.