Hull City Council · Unitary authority
Transport Statements and Assessments in Hull
What transport evidence a Hull 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
Hull City Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: Hull Local Plan 2016 to 2032, Policy 32 and Appendix C: Parking Standards and GuidelinesAdopted 23 November 2017Confirmed 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 Hull, may also apply to your site.
Hull Local Plan 2016 to 2032
- Policy 25Sustainable travel
- Policy 26Location and layout of development
- Policy 27Transport appraisals
- Policy 28Classified Road Network
- Policy 29New roads and road improvements
- Policy 30New parking sites
- Policy 31City Centre car parking
- Policy 32Parking standards
- Policy 33Bus transport
- Policy 34Rail transport
- Policy 35Water transport
- Policy 36Walking, Cycling, and Powered Two-Wheelers
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.