Dover District Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Dover
What transport evidence a Dover 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
Kent County Council's parking standards apply in Dover. These are county standards, taken from the county's document below and checked against it row by row.
County standards
| Use | Car parking |
|---|---|
| C2 nursing / residential care homes | Staff: 1 space per resident staff + 1 space per 2 other staff; Visitors: 1 space per 6 beds or residents |
| C3(a) residential – 1 & 2 bed flats | City/Town Centre: 1 space per unit (Controlled); Edge of Centre: 1 space per unit (Unallocated); Suburban: 1 space per unit (Unallocated); Rural: 1 space per unit (Unallocated) |
| C3(a) residential – 1 & 2 bed houses | City/Town Centre: 1 space per unit (Controlled); Edge of Centre: 1 space per unit (Allocation possible); Suburban: 1 space per unit – See Note 6 (Allocation possible); Rural: 2 spaces per unit (Allocation of one space per unit possible) |
| C3(a) residential – 3 bed houses | City/Town Centre: 1 space per unit (Controlled); Edge of Centre: 1 space per unit (Allocation possible); Suburban: 2 spaces per unit (Allocation of one space per unit possible); Rural: 2 spaces per unit (Allocation of one or both spaces possible) |
| C3(a) residential – 4+ bed houses | City/Town Centre: 1 space per unit (Controlled); Edge of Centre: 2 spaces per unit (Allocation of one space per unit possible); Suburban: 2 spaces per unit – See Note 6 (Allocation of both spaces possible – See Note 5); Rural: 3 spaces per unit – See Note 7 (Allocation of both spaces possible – See Note 5) |
| C3(b) sheltered accommodation | 1 space per resident warden and 1 space per 2 units |
| E(g)(i) offices (500–2,500m²) | 1 space per 25m² |
| E(g)(i) offices (over 2,500m²) | 1 space per 30m² |
| E(g)(i) offices (up to 500m²) | 1 space per 20m² |
| E(a) food retail over 1,000m² | 1 space per 14m² |
| E(a) food retail up to 1,000m² | 1 space per 18m² |
| E(a) non-food retail | 1 space per 25m² |
| B2 general industrial (over 200m²) | 1 space per 50m² |
| B2 general industrial (up to 200m²) | 3 spaces |
| B8 storage & distribution | 1 space per 110m² |
Source: Kent County Council Parking StandardsCounty standards: Kent County CouncilAdopted 29 January 2025Figures checked against the published document on 10 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 Dover, may also apply to your site.
Dover District Local Plan to 2040
- SP11Infrastructure and Developer Contributions
- SP12Strategic Transport Infrastructure
- TI2Transport Statements, Assessments and Travel Plans, to identify off-site highway improvements
- TI1Sustainable Transport and Travel
- TI3Parking Provision on New Development
- TI4Overnight Lorry Parking Facilities
- NE4Air Quality
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.