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Building on station car parks key to putting new homes in ‘sustainable places’

Deniz Huseyin
04 December 2025
Jill Stephenson: We’re going to need to make some tough calls because the only way that you can deliver homes in sustainable locations is by sacrificing the car park
Jill Stephenson: We’re going to need to make some tough calls because the only way that you can deliver homes in sustainable locations is by sacrificing the car park

 

If the Government is to meet its targets to build more homes it will have to consider building more homes on car parks next to rail stations, states Jill Stephenson, Principal Development Manager, Network Rail Property.

Speaking at the Local Transport Summit in Derby last month, Stephenson said the Government’s revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) will give the “green light” for new homes at stations. This could involve building homes on station car parks, which...

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