Cheltenham Borough Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Cheltenham
What transport evidence a Cheltenham 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
Gloucestershire County Council's parking standards apply in Cheltenham. Use the county's document below for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
County standards
Source: Manual for Gloucestershire Streets (July 2020), as amended by the October 2021 AddendumCounty standards: Gloucestershire County CouncilAdopted October 2021Confirmed 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 Cheltenham, may also apply to your site.
Gloucester, Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Joint Core Strategy 2011-2031
- INF1Transport Network
- INF6Infrastructure Delivery
- INF7Developer 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.