Babergh District Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Babergh
What transport evidence a Babergh planning application needs, the parking standards that apply, and the policies an assessment should address.
Which document do you need?
National policy asks for a Transport Statement or a Transport Assessment wherever a development will generate significant amounts of movement.
Transport Statement
A shorter document for smaller schemes where transport issues are limited: access, parking, trips and sustainable travel.
Transport Assessment
A full assessment for larger schemes: trip generation, network impact, junction capacity and mitigation.
Parking standards
Suffolk County Council's parking standards apply in Babergh. These are county standards, taken from the county's document below and checked against it row by row.
County standards
| Use | Car parking |
|---|---|
| E(g) Business – offices, R&D, light industrial (formerly B1) | 1 space per 30 m² |
| B8 with retail element | 1 space per 150 m² + 1 space per 20 m² retail area for customer parking |
| B2 General Industrial | 1 space per 30 m² |
| B8 Storage and Distribution | 1 space per 150 m² |
| C1 Guest and Boarding Houses | 1 space per letting bedroom plus 2 spaces for the proprietor |
| C1 Hotels | 1 space per bedroom plus 1 space per full-time equivalent staff |
| E(b) Restaurants and Cafes – excluding Transport Cafes (formerly A3) | 1 space per 5 m² of public floor area |
| Sui Generis – Hot Food Takeaways (formerly A5) | 1 space per 3 m² public area; plus Employees 1 space per 4 normally present |
| Use | Cycle parking |
|---|---|
| E(g) Business – offices, R&D, light industrial (formerly B1) | 2 spaces per 200 m² |
| B2 General Industrial | 2 spaces per 300 m² |
| B8 Storage and Distribution | 2 spaces per 400 m² |
| C1 Guest and Boarding Houses | 2 spaces per 5 staff plus 1 space per 20 bedrooms |
| C1 Hotels | 2 spaces per 5 staff plus 1 space per 20 bedrooms |
| E(b) Restaurants and Cafes – excluding Transport Cafes (formerly A3) | 2 spaces per 100 m² |
| Sui Generis – Hot Food Takeaways (formerly A5) | 2 spaces per 50 m² |
Source: Suffolk Guidance for Parking (Fourth Edition)County standards: Suffolk County CouncilAdopted October 2023Figures checked against the published document on 10 November 2026Selected tables: the source document has the full standards
Policies your assessment should address
The transport policies of the development plan documents in the summary panel. A neighbourhood plan, or a plan for one part of Babergh, may also apply to your site.
Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan Part 1
- SP08Strategic Infrastructure Provision
- LP26Water resources and infrastructure
- LP29Safe, Sustainable and Active Transport
- LP30Managing Infrastructure Provision
- LP32Developer Contributions and Planning Obligations
- LP15Environmental Protection and Conservation
This page summarises adopted policy and links to the source documents. It is not legal advice: always confirm a figure against the adopted document before relying on it.