Station Details

Twyford

Station NameTwyford
Station CodeTWY
Station OwnerGreat Western Railway
Developable Area11.54ha
Development Capacity866 homes (at 75dph)
Local Planning AuthorityWokingham
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required2,125
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered4,006
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score189%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Green BeltLondon
Green Belt Area11.54ha ( 100% of the potential development area)
Network Rail RegionSouth East
Network Rail Sub-RegionBerkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Passengers, 2020 - 2021266,248
Passengers, 2019 - 20201,527,952
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)543

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. Twyford station had 1,527,952 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 4,198 people per day.

For a station with this number of passengers passing through it each year a density of 75 homes per hectare is reasonable, based on its proximity to major population centres and existing infrastructure.

Twyford 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 11.54ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 75 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 866 homes.

The station sits within Wokingham planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 189%, having delivered 4,006 homes from a target of 2,125. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all Wokingham's stations is 1,288 homes. That's 61% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Wokingham's stations is 2 homes without building on protected land. That's 0% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.