Central Bedfordshire Council · Unitary authority
Transport Statements and Assessments in Central Bedfordshire
What transport evidence a Central Bedfordshire 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
The standards Central Bedfordshire Council applies, taken from the source document below and checked against it row by row.
| Use | Area and size | Minimum car parking |
|---|---|---|
| Dwelling houses | 1 bedroom | 1 |
| Dwelling houses | 2 bedrooms | 2 |
| Dwelling houses | 3 bedrooms | 2 |
| Dwelling houses | 4 bedrooms | 3 |
| Dwelling houses | 5 or more bedrooms | 4 |
| Use | Area and size | Long-stay cycle parking | Short-stay cycle parking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flats and apartments | 1 per bedroom | 1 per 20 flats or apartments, with a minimum of 2. | |
| Houses | all | 1 per bedroom | 1 |
| Sheltered housing, assisted living complexes and housing aimed at older people | 1 per 20 bedrooms | 1 per 20 residential units, with a minimum of 2. |
Source: Parking Standards for New Developments Supplementary Planning DocumentAdopted 1 August 2023Figures checked against the published document on 6 November 2026Selected tables: the source document has the full standards
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 Central Bedfordshire, may also apply to your site.
Central Bedfordshire Local Plan 2015 to 2035
- T1Mitigation of Transport Impacts on the Network
- T2Highways Safety and Design
- T3Parking
- T4Public Transport Interchanges
- T6Movement and Management of Freight
- CC8Pollution and Land Instability
- HQ2Developer Contributions
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.