Colchester City Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Colchester
What transport evidence a Colchester 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
Colchester City Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: Colchester City Local Plan Section 2, Policy DM22 Parking, and the Essex Parking Standards SPDAdopted 4 July 2022Confirmed 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 Colchester, may also apply to your site.
Colchester City Local Plan 2013-2033: North Essex Authorities' Shared Strategic Section 1 Plan
- SP 1Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development
- SP 6Infrastructure and Connectivity
Colchester City Local Plan 2017-2033, Section 2
- SG7Infrastructure Delivery and Impact Mitigation
- ENV5Pollution and Contaminated Land
- PP1Generic Infrastructure and Mitigation Requirements
- TC4Transport in Colchester Town Centre
- NC4Transport in North Colchester
- SC3Transport in South Colchester
- EC4Transport in East Colchester
- WC5Transport in West Colchester
- DM20Promoting Sustainable Transport and Changing Travel
- DM22Parking
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.