Manchester City Council · Metropolitan borough
Transport Statements and Assessments in Manchester
What transport evidence a Manchester 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
Manchester City Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: Manchester Core Strategy 2012 to 2027, Appendix B: Parking StandardsAdopted 11 July 2012Confirmed 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 Manchester, may also apply to your site.
Manchester Core Strategy 2012 to 2027
- CC 5Transport
- T 1Sustainable Transport
- EN 16Air Quality
Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan
- JP-Strat14A Sustainable and Integrated Transport Network
- JP-C1An Integrated Network
- JP-C3Public Transport
- JP-C4The Strategic Road Network
- JP-C5Streets for All
- JP-C6Walking and Cycling
- JP-C7Freight and Logistics
- JP-C8Transport Requirements of New Development
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.