Cotswold District Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Cotswold
What transport evidence a Cotswold 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
Cotswold District Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: Cotswold District Local Plan 2011-2031, Appendix F: Parking Standards and GuidanceAdopted 3 August 2018Confirmed 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 Cotswold, may also apply to your site.
Cotswold District Local Plan 2011-2031
- EN15Pollution and Contaminated Land
- INF1Infrastructure Delivery
- INF3Sustainable Transport
- INF4Highway Safety
- INF5Parking Provision
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.