Bracknell Forest Council · Unitary authority
Transport Statements and Assessments in Bracknell Forest
What transport evidence a Bracknell Forest 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
Bracknell Forest Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: Parking Standards Supplementary Planning Document 2026Adopted 23 June 2026Confirmed 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 Bracknell Forest, may also apply to your site.
Bracknell Forest Local Plan to 2037
- LP 24Infrastructure
- LP 25Transport principles
- LP 26Transport infrastructure provision
- LP 60Assessing transport impacts and requirements
- LP 61Travel plans
- LP 62Parking
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.