Cherwell District Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Cherwell
What transport evidence a Cherwell 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
Cherwell applies the parking standards set by Oxfordshire County Council. The county council has withdrawn its Parking Standards for New Developments for review (July 2026), so no figures are shown here.
Source: Oxfordshire County Council, Parking Standards for New DevelopmentsConfirmed 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 Cherwell, may also apply to your site.
Cherwell Local Plan 2011-2031 Part 1
- INF 1Infrastructure
- PSD 1Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development
- SLE 4Improved Transport and Connections
- SLE 5High Speed Rail 2 - London to Birmingham
Cherwell Local Plan 2011-2031 Part 1 Partial Review: Oxford's Unmet Housing Need
- PR1Achieving Sustainable Development for Oxford’s Needs
- PR4ASustainable Transport
- PR11Infrastructure Delivery
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.