Bath and North East Somerset Council · Unitary authority

Transport Statements and Assessments in Bath and North East Somerset

What transport evidence a Bath and North East Somerset 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

Bath and North East Somerset Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.

Source: Transport and Development Supplementary Planning Document (2023)Confirmed as the current standard on 10 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 Bath and North East Somerset, may also apply to your site.

Bath and North East Somerset Local Plan: Core Strategy

SD1Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development

Bath and North East Somerset Local Plan: Placemaking Plan

SCR9Electric vehicles charging infrastructure
CP13Infrastructure Provision
ST2Sustainable transport routes
ST5Traffic management proposals
ST6Park and Ride Transport Interchange
ST7Transport requirements for managing development

Bath and North East Somerset Local Plan Partial Update

ST1Promoting sustainable travel and healthy streets
ST3Transport infrastructure
ST6Park and Ride Transport Interchange
ST7Transport requirements for managing development

Development plan: Bath and North East Somerset Local Plan: Core Strategy, adopted 10 July 2014Bath and North East Somerset Local Plan: Placemaking Plan, adopted 13 July 2017Bath and North East Somerset Local Plan Partial Update, adopted 19 January 2023West of England Joint Waste Core Strategy, adopted March 2011Checked against bathnes.gov.uk/core-strategy-placemaking-plan-and-local-plan-partial-update on 10 November 2026
Neighbourhood plans: 9 made plans, each part of the development plan for its own area.
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Chew Valley Neighbourhood Plan, made, date not published by the council
Claverton Neighbourhood Plan, made, date not published by the council
Clutton Neighbourhood Plan, made, date not published by the council
Englishcombe Neighbourhood Plan, made, date not published by the council
Freshford and Limpley Stoke Neighbourhood Plan, made, date not published by the council
Publow with Pensford Neighbourhood Plan, made, date not published by the council
Stowey Sutton Neighbourhood Plan, made, date not published by the council
Westfield Neighbourhood Plan, made, date not published by the council
Whitchurch Village Neighbourhood Plan, made, date not published by the council
Checked against bathnes.gov.uk/view-current-neighbourhood-plans on 10 November 2026
Highway authority: Bath and North East Somerset Council for local roadsNational Highways for motorways and trunk roads, where present
Council website: bathnes.gov.uk

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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.