Chesterfield Borough Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Chesterfield
What transport evidence a Chesterfield 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
Chesterfield's Local Plan sets no numeric parking standards. Policy CLP22 says the level of vehicle and cycle parking depends on the circumstances of each scheme. Derbyshire County Council, the highway authority, publishes Parking Guidance for New Developments (September 2024).
Source: Parking Guidance for New Developments (Derbyshire County Council)Adopted September 2024Confirmed as the current standard on 5 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 Chesterfield, may also apply to your site.
Chesterfield Borough Local Plan 2018 to 2035
- CLP11Infrastructure Delivery
- CLP22Influencing the Demand for Travel
- CLP23Major Transport Infrastructure
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.