Harborough District Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Harborough
What transport evidence a Harborough 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
Leicestershire County Council's parking standards apply in Harborough. These are county standards, taken from the county's document below and checked against it row by row.
County standards
| Use | Car parking |
|---|---|
| C2 Residential Institutions – Nursing Homes | 1 per three bedrooms plus 1 per staff member |
| C2 Residential Institutions – Residential Homes for Elderly | 1 per four bedrooms plus 1 per staff member |
| E(f) Creche, day nursery, day centre (non-residential) | 1 space per staff member plus 1 space for shift changeover. |
| F2(a) Shops selling mostly essential goods including food (no more than 280sqm and no other facility within 1,000m) | 1/20sqm |
| Sui Generis – Drive through restaurant or coffee shop | 1 customer space per 3sqm public area plus 1 staff space per 10 tables or per 40sqm. |
| E(b) Café / Restaurant | 1 customer space per 4sqm public area plus 1 staff space per 10 tables or per 40sqm. |
| E(e) Medical or Health (not attached to residence) | 1 space per staff member plus 2 spaces per consulting room or surgery. |
| F1(d) Public libraries or public reading rooms | 1/staff plus 1/25sqm |
| F1(f) Public worship or religious instruction | 1/5sqm |
| F2(b) Halls or meeting places, principally for local community | 1/5sqm |
| F2(c) Outdoor sport or recreation areas (not motorized vehicles or firearms) | Sports Grounds and clubs: Spaces required for maximum use of the facility (staff plus customers plus visitors) based on two people per car. Golf courses: Minimum 100 spaces per 18-hole course. |
| F2(d) Indoor or outdoor swimming pools or skating rinks | Spaces required for maximum use of the facility (staff plus customers plus visitors) based on two people per car. |
| Sui Generis – Cinema and Conference | 1 per 5 seats. |
| Sui Generis – Hot food takeaways | 1/25sqm |
| Suis Generis – HMO with more than six residents | 1 per resident (E.g. 12 residents require 12 parking spaces) |
Source: Leicestershire Highway Design Guide Part 3f: Parking and providing for electric vehiclesCounty standards: Leicestershire County CouncilFigures 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 Harborough, may also apply to your site.
Harborough Local Plan 2011-2031
- GD1Achieving sustainable development
- IN1Infrastructure provision
- IN2Sustainable transport
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.