Station Details

Yarm

Station NameYarm
Station CodeYRM
Station OwnerTransPennine Express
Developable Area26.46ha
Development Capacity1,058 homes (at 40dph)
Local Planning AuthorityStockton-on-Tees
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required1,291
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered2,389
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score185%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Network Rail RegionNorth East
Network Rail Sub-RegionTees Valley and Durham
Passengers, 2020 - 202126,302
Passengers, 2019 - 2020142,600
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)1,633

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. Yarm station had 142,600 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 392 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.

Yarm is located within the North 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 26.46ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 40 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 1,058 homes.

The station sits within Stockton-on-Tees planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 185%, having delivered 2,389 homes from a target of 1,291. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all Stockton-on-Tees's stations is 1,540 homes. That's 119% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Stockton-on-Tees's stations is 1,540 homes without building on protected land. That's 119% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.