Station Details

Weeley

Station NameWeeley
Station CodeWEE
Station OwnerGreater Anglia
Developable Area62.39ha
Development Capacity1,248 homes (at 20dph)
Local Planning AuthorityTendring
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required1,420
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered2,345
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score165%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Network Rail RegionEast of England
Network Rail Sub-RegionEssex
Passengers, 2020 - 202111,506
Passengers, 2019 - 202037,652
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)1,980

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. Weeley station had 37,652 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 103 people per day.

For a station with this number of passengers passing through it each year a density of 20 homes per hectare is reasonable, based on its proximity to major population centres and existing infrastructure.

Weeley 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 62.39ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 20 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 1,248 homes.

The station sits within Tendring planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 165%, having delivered 2,345 homes from a target of 1,420. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all Tendring's stations is 14,075 homes. That's 991% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Tendring's stations is 14,075 homes without building on protected land. That's 991% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.