East Hertfordshire District Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in East Hertfordshire
What transport evidence an East Hertfordshire 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
East Hertfordshire District Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: Vehicle Parking Provision at New Development SPD (updated standards agreed July 2015)Adopted June 2008Confirmed as the current standard on 10 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 East Hertfordshire, may also apply to your site.
East Herts District Plan 2018
- INT1Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development
- DPS4Infrastructure Requirements
- TRA1Sustainable Transport
- TRA2Safe and Suitable Highway Access Arrangements and Mitigation
- TRA3Vehicle Parking Provision
- DEL1Infrastructure and Service Delivery
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.