Hyndburn Borough Council · District council

Transport Statements and Assessments in Hyndburn

What transport evidence a Hyndburn 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

Hyndburn Borough Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.

Source: Development Management DPD, Guidance Note 8: Car parking, access standards and transport assessment/travel plan thresholdsAdopted January 2018Confirmed 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 Hyndburn, may also apply to your site.

Hyndburn Local Plan 2040: Strategic Policies and Site Allocations

SP3Planning Obligations
SP22Connectivity and improvements to transport networks
SP23Sustainable and safe transport
SP24Cycle and Footpath Networks

Development Management DPD

GC1Presumption in favour of sustainable development
GC2Infrastructure, Planning Obligations & CIL
DM32Sustainable Transport, Traffic and Highway Safety

Accrington Area Action Plan

ATC15Town centre road network
ATC17Public transport
ATC18Pedestrian environment
ATC19Cycling/cycle parking
ATC20Town centre parking
ATC22Town centre infrastructure
ATC23S106 Planning Obligations and Developer Contributions

Development plan: Hyndburn Local Plan 2040: Strategic Policies and Site Allocations, adopted 16 July 2026Development Management DPD, adopted January 2018Accrington Area Action Plan, adopted 19 January 2012Joint Lancashire Minerals and Waste Core Strategy, adopted March 2009Prepared by Lancashire County Council with Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool. The authorities are reviewing the plan.Joint Lancashire Minerals and Waste Local Plan: Site Allocation and Development Management Policies, Part One, adopted September 2013Checked against hyndburnbc.gov.uk/planningpolicy on 10 November 2026
Highway authority: Lancashire County Council for local roadsNational Highways for motorways and trunk roads, where present
Council website: hyndburnbc.gov.uk

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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.