Horsham District Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Horsham
What transport evidence a Horsham 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
Horsham's District Planning Framework (November 2015), Policy 41, requires adequate parking within developments for anticipated users, with cycle, motorcycle, low emission vehicle and mobility-impaired provision considered. It sets no numeric standards, so agree provision with the Council and West Sussex County Council as highway authority early.
Source: Horsham District Planning Framework, Policy 41: ParkingAdopted November 2015Confirmed as the current standard on 13 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 Horsham, may also apply to your site.
Horsham District Planning Framework
- SD9Transport Infrastructure
- Policy 40Sustainable Transport
- Policy 41Parking
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.