Exeter City Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Exeter
What transport evidence an Exeter 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
Exeter's parking standards come from saved Local Plan policy T10 and its schedules, set out in the Sustainable Transport SPD. The Residential Design Guide SPD (2010) adds detail for dwellings.
Source: Sustainable Transport Supplementary Planning DocumentAdopted 19 March 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 Exeter, may also apply to your site.
Exeter Core Strategy
- CP9Transport
- CP18Infrastructure
Exeter Local Plan First Review 1995-2011
- T8Safeguarding Former Railway Land and Access to Rail
- DG6Vehicle Circulation and Car Parking in Residential Development
- KP1Pedestrian Priority Zone
- KP3Bus and Coach Station
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.