Station Details

Spooner Row

Station NameSpooner Row
Station CodeSPN
Station OwnerGreater Anglia
Developable Area123.61ha
Development Capacity618 homes (at 5dph)
Local Planning AuthoritySouth Norfolk
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required5,240
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered6,940
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score132%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Network Rail RegionEast of England
Network Rail Sub-RegionEast Anglia
Passengers, 2020 - 202174
Passengers, 2019 - 2020276
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)2,519

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. Spooner Row station had 276 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 1 people per day.

For a station with this number of passengers passing through it each year a density of 5 homes per hectare is reasonable, based on its proximity to major population centres and existing infrastructure.

Spooner Row is located within the East of England 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 123.61ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 5 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 618 homes.

The station sits within South Norfolk planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 132%, having delivered 6,940 homes from a target of 5,240. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all South Norfolk's stations is 1,307 homes. That's 25% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of South Norfolk's stations is 1,307 homes without building on protected land. That's 25% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.