Fareham Borough Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Fareham
What transport evidence a Fareham 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
Fareham Borough Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: Residential Car and Cycle Parking Standards SPD and Non-Residential Parking Standards SPDConfirmed as the current standard on 5 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 Fareham, may also apply to your site.
Fareham Local Plan 2037
- TIN1Sustainable Transport
- TIN2Highway Safety and Road Network
- TIN4Infrastructure Delivery
Local Plan Part 3: The Welborne Plan
- WEL1Sustainable Development
- WEL23Transport Principles for Welborne
- WEL25Local Road Transport and Access
- WEL26Public Transport
- WEL28Walking and Cycling
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.