Eastbourne Borough Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Eastbourne
What transport evidence an Eastbourne 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
Eastbourne's Core Strategy sets no parking tables. Policy D8 says development proposals will be assessed against the approved maximum car and cycle parking standards for the accessibility and location of the site, so agree provision with the Council early.
Source: Eastbourne Core Strategy Policy D8: Sustainable TravelAdopted 20 February 2013Confirmed 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 Eastbourne, may also apply to your site.
Eastbourne Core Strategy Local Plan
- D1Sustainable Development
- D8Sustainable Travel
- E1Infrastructure Delivery
Eastbourne Town Centre Local Plan
- TC12Servicing Access and Storage
- TC14Public Transport Interchange
- TC15Parking in the Town Centre
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.