Bassetlaw District Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Bassetlaw
What transport evidence a Bassetlaw 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
Bassetlaw District Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: Nottinghamshire Parking StandardsConfirmed as the current standard on 5 November 2026
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 Bassetlaw, may also apply to your site.
Bassetlaw Local Plan 2020-2038
- ST52Transport Infrastructure
- ST53Promoting Sustainable Transport and Active Travel
- ST56Provision and Delivery of Infrastructure
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.