Cheshire East Council · Unitary authority
Transport Statements and Assessments in Cheshire East
What transport evidence a Cheshire East 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
Cheshire East Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2010-2030, Appendix C Parking StandardsAdopted 27 July 2017Confirmed 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 Cheshire East, may also apply to your site.
Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy 2010-2030
- SD 1Sustainable Development in Cheshire East
- SD 2Sustainable Development Principles
- IN 1Infrastructure
- IN 2Developer Contributions
- SE 12Pollution, Land Contamination and Land Instability
- CO 1Sustainable Travel and Transport
- SE 10Sustainable Provision of Minerals
Site Allocations and Development Policies Document
- CO 4Travel plans and transport assessments
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.