Station Details

Winchfield

Station NameWinchfield
Station CodeWNF
Station OwnerSouth Western Railway
Developable Area113.29ha
Development Capacity5,665 homes (at 50dph)
Local Planning AuthorityHart
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required845
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered1,772
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score210%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Network Rail RegionSouth East
Network Rail Sub-RegionHampshire and Isle of Wight
Passengers, 2020 - 202154,022
Passengers, 2019 - 2020345,566
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)1,266

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. Winchfield station had 345,566 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 949 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.

Winchfield 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 113.29ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 50 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 5,665 homes.

The station sits within Hart planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 210%, having delivered 1,772 homes from a target of 845. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all Hart's stations is 5,665 homes. That's 670% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Hart's stations is 5,665 homes without building on protected land. That's 670% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.