Liverpool City Council · Metropolitan borough
Transport Statements and Assessments in Liverpool
What transport evidence a Liverpool 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
The standards Liverpool City Council applies, taken from the source document below and checked against it row by row.
| Use | Area and size | Car parking | Maximum car parking |
|---|---|---|---|
| C2 Residential Institutions | Elsewhere | – | Elsewhere: Hospitals - 1 space per 4 staff plus 1 space per 3 day visitors |
| C3 Dwelling Houses | 0 spaces per dwelling | – | |
| C3 Dwelling Houses | City Centre | – | Flats – Average of 0.70 space per dwelling |
| C3 Dwelling Houses | Outside the City Centre | Flats – 1 space per dwelling | – |
| C3 Dwelling Houses | Outside the City Centre | Houses – Average of 1.5 spaces per dwelling | – |
| B1 Business | City / District Centres | – | City / District Centres - 1 space per 40 sq. m (Single Offices) |
| B1 Business | Elsewhere | – | Elsewhere - 1 space per 32 sq. m (Single Offices) |
| A1 Shops | City / District Centres | – | City / District Centres - 1 space per 16 sq. m (A1 - Food Shops) |
| A1 Shops | Elsewhere | – | Elsewhere - 1 space per 14 sq. m (A1 - Food Shops) |
| A2 Financial and Professional Services | City / District Centres | – | City / District Centres - 1 space per 35 sq m. |
| A2 Financial and Professional Services | Elsewhere | – | Elsewhere - 1 space per 30 sq. m |
| B2 General Industrial / B8 Storage and Distribution | City/District Centres | – | City/District Centres - 1 space per 60 sq. m (General Industrial) |
| B2 General Industrial / B8 Storage and Distribution | Elsewhere | – | Elsewhere - 1 space per 48 sq. m (General Industrial) |
| C1 Hotels | City / District Centres | – | City / District Centres - 1 space per bedroom (including staff parking) |
| C1 Hotels | Elsewhere | – | Elsewhere - 1 space per bedroom (including staff parking) |
Source: Ensuring a Choice of Travel Supplementary Planning DocumentAdopted December 2008Figures checked against the published document on 5 November 2026Selected tables: the source document has the full standards
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 Liverpool, may also apply to your site.
Liverpool Local Plan 2013-2033
- STP4Infrastructure Provision
- STP5Developer Contributions
- R1Pollution
- TP1Improving Accessibility and Managing Demand for Travel
- TP2Transport Assessments
- TP3Safeguarding Land for Transport functions
- TP4Strategic Road Schemes
- TP5Cycling
- TP6Walking and Pedestrians
- TP8Car Parking and Servicing
- TP9Public Transport
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.