Mid and East Antrim Borough Council · Northern Ireland council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Mid and East Antrim
What transport evidence a Mid and East Antrim planning application needs, the parking standards that apply, and the policies an assessment should address.
Which document do you need?
In Northern Ireland, the Department for Infrastructure's Transport Assessment guidelines set out when a Transport Assessment is needed.
Transport Assessment Form
A screening form for smaller proposals, showing whether any further transport information is needed.
Transport Assessment
A full assessment for larger schemes: trip generation, network impact, junction capacity and mitigation.
Parking standards
The standards Mid and East Antrim Borough Council applies, taken from the source document below and checked against it row by row.
| Use | Car parking |
|---|---|
| Call centres | 1 space per 3 staff + 10% of staff parking for visitors |
| Car Wash | 5 spaces for waiting not impeding entry or exit from the site or any other on site facility |
| Churches and Church Halls | 1 space per 3 seats |
| Petrol Filling Station | 1 space per pump position, plus 1 waiting space per pump position not impeding entry or exit from the site or any other site facility, plus appropriately located parking for retail shop as per shopping standard |
| Public Open Space | 4 spaces per hectare |
| Tyre and Exhaust Centre | 4 spaces per repair bay (1 repair bay counts as 1 space) |
| Use | Cycle parking |
|---|---|
| Call centres | Minimum of 2 per unit or 1 per 20 staff whichever is the greater |
| Churches and Church Halls | Minimum of 10 per unit |
| Petrol Filling Station | Minimum of 2 per unit |
Source: Parking Standards, Department for InfrastructureFigures checked against the published document on 6 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 Mid and East Antrim, may also apply to your site.
Local Development Plan 2030: Plan Strategy
- TR4Disused Transport Routes
- TR3New Transport Schemes
- TR6Parking and Servicing
- TR5Active Travel
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.