Station Details

Sandal & Agbrigg

Station NameSandal & Agbrigg
Station CodeSNA
Station OwnerNorthern Trains
Developable Area20.82ha
Development Capacity1,041 homes (at 50dph)
Local Planning AuthorityWakefield
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required2,549
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered5,099
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score200%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Green BeltSouth and West Yorkshire
Green Belt Area20.82ha ( 100% of the potential development area)
Network Rail RegionYorkshire and The Humber
Network Rail Sub-RegionWest Yorkshire
Passengers, 2020 - 202158,554
Passengers, 2019 - 2020264,846
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)1,224

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. Sandal & Agbrigg station had 264,846 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 728 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.

Sandal & Agbrigg 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 20.82ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 50 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 1,041 homes.

The station sits within Wakefield planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 200%, having delivered 5,099 homes from a target of 2,549. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all Wakefield's stations is 10,744 homes. That's 422% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Wakefield's stations is 40 homes without building on protected land. That's 2% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.