Lichfield District Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Lichfield
What transport evidence a Lichfield 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
Lichfield District Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: Lichfield District Design Code SPD (residential parking) and Sustainable Design SPD, Appendix D: Parking Standards (other uses)Confirmed as the current standard on 27 October 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 Lichfield, may also apply to your site.
Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy 2008-2029
- IP1Supporting & Providing our Infrastructure
- ST1Sustainable Travel
- ST2Parking Provision
Lichfield District Local Plan Allocations 2008-2029
- ST4Road and Junction Improvements - Lichfield City
- ST5Road and Junction Improvements - Fradley
How transport has weighed in recent decisions
From 227 recent planning and appeal decisions in Lichfield. The counts are taken from the decisions themselves.
Parking provision
187 decisions
60 refused or dismissed, 125 approved or allowed
Access & visibility
171 decisions
64 refused or dismissed, 105 approved or allowed
Highway capacity / safety
151 decisions
54 refused or dismissed, 97 approved or allowed
Trip generation & TA adequacy
138 decisions
20 refused or dismissed, 113 approved or allowed
Construction & servicing
52 decisions
11 refused or dismissed, 40 approved or allowed
Active travel
25 decisions
11 refused or dismissed, 14 approved or allowed
This picture is drawn from a partial evidence base: the council-side coverage is incomplete, a substantial portion of council decisions carry unverified dates, and the appeals leg, which over-represents refusals, covers only a subset of appeal decisions in scope. Findings should be read accordingly. Across the period, access and visibility emerged as the most pervasive and frequently decisive transport ground, appearing across a wide range of application types from householder extensions to major outlining schemes; cases such as 26/00851/FUL, 26/00962/COU, and 26/01078/LBC illustrate how regularly this theme attracted refusal weight. Highway capacity and safety ran closely alongside, with junction geometry, carriageway geometry, and conflict points featuring prominently in decisions including 26/00445/FUL and 26/00742/COU. Parking provision was also a recurring decisive theme across the full spectrum of application types, with adequacy of on-site provision and loss of existing parking both drawing negative outcomes.
“the scheme fails to demonstrate safe and suitable access for pedestrians and cyclists”
Appeal decision 3357641, 12 December 2025
“The disputed condition before me in this appeal does not prohibit the area to the front of the appeal property from being used as a customer seating area. It also does not require the availability or retention of the car parking bays to the front of the appeal property.”
Appeal decision 3365066, 17 November 2025
“The Highway Authority raised no objection on highway safety grounds, citing the absence of any recorded personal injury collisions within 43 metres of the site over the past five years.”
Appeal decision 3367872, 17 November 2025
- 26/01024/CLEGranted, 23 October 2026
- 26/00962/COUGranted, 23 October 2026
- 26/01060/COUGranted, 22 October 2026
- 26/01078/LBCGranted, 21 October 2026
- 26/01099/FUHWithdrawn, 21 October 2026
- 26/00994/CLPGranted, 19 October 2026
A descriptive summary of past decisions, not a prediction. Built on 25 October 2026.
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.