Coventry City Council · Metropolitan borough
Transport Statements and Assessments in Coventry
What transport evidence a Coventry 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
The standards Coventry City Council applies, taken from the source document below and checked against it row by row.
| Use | Area and size | Maximum car parking |
|---|---|---|
| C3- Residential Dwellings | Outer City, 1 bedroom house/flat | 1 per dwelling + 1 unallocated space per 5 dwellings for visitors |
| C3- Residential Dwellings | Outer City, 2 bedroom house/flat | 2 per dwelling + 1 unallocated space per 10 dwellings for visitors |
| C3- Residential Dwellings | Outer City, 3 or more bedroom house/flat | 2 per dwelling + 1 unallocated space per 5 dwellings for visitors |
| B1- Business/Research & Development | Outer City | 1 per 45 m² |
| B1/B2 - Light or General Industrial | Outer City | 1 per 60 m² |
| A1 - Shops (m²) Food | Outer City | 1 per 25 m² |
| A1 - Shops (m²) Non-food | Outer City | 1 per 35 m² |
| A2 - Financial and Professional Services | Outer City | 1 per 30 m² |
| B8 - Storage and Distribution | Outer City | 1 per 100 m² |
| C1- Hotels | Outer City | 1 per 2 bedrooms + parking provision for any A3 and D2 uses |
| D1 - Place of Worship | Outer City | 1 per 10m² |
| D2 - Assembly and Leisure Cinema | Outer City | 1 per 8 seats |
| Houses in Multiple Occupancy (HiMOs) | Outer City | 0.75 per bedroom |
| Use | Area and size | Cycle parking |
|---|---|---|
| C3- Residential Dwellings | Inner and Outer City, 1 bedroom house/flat | 1 per dwelling |
| C3- Residential Dwellings | Inner and Outer City, 2 bedroom house/flat | 1 per dwelling |
| C3- Residential Dwellings | Inner and Outer City, 3 or more bedroom house/flat | 2 per dwelling |
| Houses in Multiple Occupancy (HiMOs) | Inner and Outer City | 1 per 3 bedrooms |
Source: Coventry Connected SPD: Car and Cycle Parking Standards AppendixFigures checked against the published document on 5 November 2026Selected tables: the source document has the full standards
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 Coventry, may also apply to your site.
Coventry Local Plan 2011-2031
- DS3Sustainable Development Policy
- AC1Accessible Transport Network
- AC2Road Network
- AC4Walking and Cycling
- AC5Bus and Rapid Transit
- AC6Rail
- AC7Freight
- EM7Air Quality
- IM1Developer Contributions for 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.