Lewes District Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Lewes
What transport evidence a Lewes 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
Lewes District's Joint Core Strategy (2016) sets no parking tables. It says car and cycle parking requirements follow the parking guidance approved by the local planning authority, or a made Neighbourhood Plan, so agree provision with the Council early.
Source: Joint Core Strategy paragraph 7.120: parking guidance approved by the local planning authorityAdopted 11 May 2016Confirmed 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 Lewes, may also apply to your site.
Lewes District Joint Core Strategy: Local Plan Part 1
- Core Policy 9Air Quality
- Core Policy 13Sustainable Travel
Lewes District Local Plan Part 2: Site Allocations and Development Management Policies
- DM35Footpath, Cycle and Bridleway Network
- DM36Station Parking
- DM37Former Lewes to Uckfield railway line
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.