Mid Suffolk District Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Mid Suffolk
What transport evidence a Mid Suffolk 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
Mid Suffolk District Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: Suffolk County Council Parking Standards Supplementary GuidanceConfirmed as the current standard on 6 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 Mid Suffolk, may also apply to your site.
Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan Part 1
- SP08Strategic Infrastructure Provision
- LP29Safe, Sustainable and Active Transport
- LP30Managing Infrastructure Provision
- LP32Developer Contributions and Planning Obligations
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.