Station Details

Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway

Station NameStratford-upon-Avon Parkway
Station CodeSTY
Station OwnerWest Midlands Trains (West Midlands Railway)
Developable Area47.88ha
Development Capacity1,915 homes (at 40dph)
Local Planning AuthorityStratford-on-Avon
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required1,514
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered3,640
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score240%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Green BeltBirmingham
Green Belt Area47.88ha ( 100% of the potential development area)
Network Rail RegionWest Midlands
Network Rail Sub-RegionHerefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
Passengers, 2020 - 202113,696
Passengers, 2019 - 2020110,176
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)1,917

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. Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway station had 110,176 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 303 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.

Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway 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 47.88ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 40 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 1,915 homes.

The station sits within Stratford-on-Avon planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 240%, having delivered 3,640 homes from a target of 1,514. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all Stratford-on-Avon's stations is 12,730 homes. That's 841% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Stratford-on-Avon's stations is 1,007 homes without building on protected land. That's 67% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.