Slaithwaite
| Station Name | Slaithwaite |
| Station Code | SWT |
| Station Owner | Northern Trains |
| Developable Area | 42.68ha |
| Development Capacity | 2,134 homes (at 50dph) |
| Local Planning Authority | Kirklees |
| 2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required | 4,325 |
| 2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered | 3,764 |
| 2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score | 87% |
| 2021 Housing Delivery Test - Consequence | Action plan |
| Green Belt | South and West Yorkshire |
| Green Belt Area | 42.68ha ( 100% of the potential development area) |
| Network Rail Region | Yorkshire and The Humber |
| Network Rail Sub-Region | West Yorkshire |
| Passengers, 2020 - 2021 | 55,108 |
| Passengers, 2019 - 2020 | 225,942 |
| UK Station Passenger Rank (Use) | 1,253 |
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. Slaithwaite station had 225,942 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 621 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.
Slaithwaite 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 42.68ha.
Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 50 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 2,134 homes.
The station sits within Kirklees planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 87%, having delivered 3,764 homes from a target of 4,325. As a result of this score, the authority must produce an 'action plan' setting out how it intends to address this shortfall.
The total capacity of all Kirklees's stations is 18,979 homes. That's 439% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.
Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Kirklees's stations is 723 homes without building on protected land. That's 17% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.
