Harlow District Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Harlow
What transport evidence a Harlow 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
Harlow District Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: Essex Parking Standards: Design and Good Practice (2009), applied through Local Plan Policy IN3Confirmed 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 Harlow, may also apply to your site.
Harlow Local Plan
- PL10Pollution and Contamination
- IN1Development and Sustainable Modes of Travel
- IN2Impact of Development on the Highways Network including Access and Servicing
- IN3Parking Standards
- IN6Planning Obligations
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.