Derby City Council · Unitary authority
Transport Statements and Assessments in Derby
What transport evidence a Derby 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
Derby City Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: Derby City Local Plan Part 1: Core Strategy, Appendix C: Parking StandardsAdopted 25 January 2017Confirmed as the current standard on 13 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 Derby, may also apply to your site.
Derby City Local Plan Part 1: Core Strategy
- CP23Delivering a Sustainable Transport Network
- CP24Transport Infrastructure
- AC4City Centre Transport and Accessibility
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.