Denbighshire County Council · Welsh council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Denbighshire
What transport evidence a Denbighshire planning application needs, the parking standards that apply, and the policies an assessment should address.
Which document do you need?
In Wales, Technical Advice Note 18: Transport sets out when a Transport Assessment is needed. Its Annex D suggests thresholds, which a council may vary locally.
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 Denbighshire County Council applies, taken from the source document below and checked against it row by row.
| Use | Cycle parking |
|---|---|
| Dwellings | No prescribed standard. However, secure and convenient communal cycle parking areas may be required in appropriate circumstances (e.g. higher density developments with limited, or no car parking). |
| Residential care homes, nursing homes and hospitals | 1 per 10 employees |
| Residential schools, residential colleges and residential training centres | 1 per 10 staff & 1 per 5 students |
| Administrative offices, research and development uses | 1 per 350m2 (or part thereof) |
| Banks, building societies, betting shops | 1 per 60m2 (or part thereof) |
| Non-food retail | 1 per 200m2 (or part thereof) |
| Small convenience shops | 1 per 100m2 (or part thereof) |
| Art galleries, museums and libraries | 1 per 150m2 |
| Cinemas, leisure centres, bingo halls, concert halls | 1 per 75m2 |
| Food and drink outlets | 1 per 60m2 (or part thereof) |
| Food supermarkets | 1 per 150m2 (or part thereof) |
| General industrial uses | 1 per 500m2 (or part thereof) |
| Hotels and guest houses | 1 per 10 guest beds |
| Medical and health centres | 2 per consulting room |
| Primary and secondary schools | 4 per classroom |
| Sixth form and FE Colleagues | 1 per 35m2 |
| Storage and distribution uses | 1 per 1,000m2 (or part thereof) |
Source: Supplementary Planning Guidance Note: Parking Requirements in New DevelopmentsAdopted 15 October 2014Figures 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 Denbighshire, may also apply to your site.
Denbighshire Local Development Plan 2006-2021
- ASA1New transport infrastructure
- RD 1Sustainable development and good standard design
- ASA 2Provision of sustainable transport facilities
- ASA 3Parking standards
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.