Belfast City Council · Northern Ireland council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Belfast
What transport evidence a Belfast planning application needs, the parking standards that apply, and the policies an assessment should address.
Which document do you need?
In Northern Ireland, the Department for Infrastructure's Transport Assessment guidelines set out when a Transport Assessment is needed.
Transport Assessment Form
A screening form for smaller proposals, showing whether any further transport information is needed.
Transport Assessment
A full assessment for larger schemes: trip generation, network impact, junction capacity and mitigation.
Parking standards
Belfast City Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: Parking Standards, Department for Infrastructure (Supplementary Planning Guidance)Confirmed as the current standard on 6 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 Belfast, may also apply to your site.
Belfast Local Development Plan 2035: Plan Strategy
- SP2Sustainable development
- CI1Community infrastructure
- ITU 2Water and sewerage infrastructure
- ITU 3Electricity and gas infrastructure
- TRAN 1Active travel – walking and cycling
- TRAN 3Transport assessment
- TRAN 4Travel plan
- TRAN 5New transport schemes
- TRAN 8Car parking and servicing arrangements
- TRAN 9Parking standards within areas of parking restraint
- TRAN 10Design of car parking
- SP3Improving health and wellbeing
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.