Braintree District Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Braintree
What transport evidence a Braintree 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
Essex County Council's parking standards apply in Braintree. Use the county's document below for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
County standards
Source: Parking Standards: Design and Good Practice (September 2009)County standards: Essex County CouncilAdopted September 2009Confirmed 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 Braintree, may also apply to your site.
Braintree District Local Plan 2033 (Sections 1 and 2)
- SP 6Infrastructure & Connectivity
- LPP 42Sustainable Transport
- LPP 44Transport Related Policy Areas
- LPP 45New Road Infrastructure
- LPP 78Infrastructure Delivery and Impact Mitigation
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.