Milton Keynes City Council · Unitary authority

Transport Statements and Assessments in Milton Keynes

What transport evidence a Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes City Council applies, taken from the source document below and checked against it row by row.

Car parking standards
Use	Area and size	Car parking
Residential dwellings	Zone 1, 1-bedroom dwellings	1 per unit
Residential dwellings	Zone 2, 1-bedroom dwellings	1+0.33 unallocated
Residential dwellings	Zone 3, 1-bedroom dwellings	1+0.33 unallocated
Residential dwellings	Zone 4, 1-bedroom dwellings	1+0.33 unallocated
Residential dwellings	Zone 5, 1-bedroom dwellings	1+0.33 unallocated
Residential dwellings	Zone 1, 2-bedroom dwellings	1 per unit
Residential dwellings	Zone 2, 2-bedroom dwellings	1+0.33 unallocated
Residential dwellings	Zone 3, 2-bedroom dwellings	1+0.33 unallocated
Residential dwellings	Zone 4, 2-bedroom dwellings	2+0.25 unallocated
Residential dwellings	Zone 5, 2-bedroom dwellings	2+0.25 unallocated
Residential dwellings	Zone 1, 2-bedroom flat	1 per unit
Residential dwellings	Zone 2, 2-bedroom flat	1+0.33 unallocated
Residential dwellings	Zone 3, 2-bedroom flat	1+0.33 unallocated
Residential dwellings	Zone 4, 2-bedroom flat	1+0.75 unallocated
Residential dwellings	Zone 5, 2-bedroom flat	1+0.75 unallocated
Residential dwellings	Zone 1, 3-bedroom dwellings	2 per unit
Residential dwellings	Zone 2, 3-bedroom dwellings	2+0.33 unallocated
Residential dwellings	Zone 3, 3-bedroom dwellings	2+0.33 unallocated
Residential dwellings	Zone 4, 3-bedroom dwellings	2+0.5 unallocated
Residential dwellings	Zone 5, 3-bedroom dwellings	2+0.5 unallocated
Residential dwellings	Zone 1, 4+ bedroom dwellings	2 per unit
Residential dwellings	Zone 2, 4+ bedroom dwellings	2+0.33 unallocated
Residential dwellings	Zone 3, 4+ bedroom dwellings	2+0.33 unallocated
Residential dwellings	Zone 4, 4+ bedroom dwellings	2+0.5 unallocated
Residential dwellings	Zone 5, 4+ bedroom dwellings	3+0.33 unallocated
Display or retail sale of goods, other than hot food: food	Zone 1	1 per 46 m2
Display or retail sale of goods, other than hot food: food	Zone 2	1 per 23 m2
Display or retail sale of goods, other than hot food: food	Zone 3	1 per 23 m2
Display or retail sale of goods, other than hot food: food	Zone 4	1 per 14 m2
Display or retail sale of goods, other than hot food: food	Zone 5	1 per 14 m2
Display or retail sale of goods, other than hot food: non-food	Zone 1	1 per 66 m2
Display or retail sale of goods, other than hot food: non-food	Zone 2	1 per 33 m2
Display or retail sale of goods, other than hot food: non-food	Zone 3	1 per 33 m2
Display or retail sale of goods, other than hot food: non-food	Zone 4	1 per 20 m2
Display or retail sale of goods, other than hot food: non-food	Zone 5	1 per 20 m2

Source: Parking Standards Supplementary Planning DocumentAdopted 31 January 2023Figures 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 Milton Keynes, may also apply to your site.

Plan:MK

CT1Sustainable Transport Network
CT2Movement and Access
CT3Walking and Cycling
CT5Public Transport
CT6Low Emission Vehicles
CT7Freight
CT8Grid Road Network
CT10Parking Provision
INF1Delivering Infrastructure

Development plan: Plan:MK, adopted 20 March 2019Site Allocations Plan, adopted 18 July 2018Milton Keynes Minerals Local Plan, adopted 1 July 2017Milton Keynes Waste Development Plan Document 2007-2026, adoption date not publishedChecked against milton-keynes.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/planning-policy/development-plan on 6 November 2026
Neighbourhood plans: 20 made plans, each part of the development plan for its own area.
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Astwood and Hardmead Neighbourhood Plan, made 19 January 2022
Campbell Park Neighbourhood Plan, made 28 November 2018
Castlethorpe Neighbourhood Plan, made 15 September 2021
Central Milton Keynes Business Neighbourhood Plan, made 10 June 2015
Emberton Neighbourhood Plan, made 24 January 2024
Haversham-cum-Little Linford Neighbourhood Plan, made 13 September 2023
Lakes Estate Neighbourhood Plan, made 21 October 2015
Lavendon Neighbourhood Plan, made 18 March 2020
Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan, made 20 November 2024
North Crawley Neighbourhood Plan, made 22 February 2023
Olney Neighbourhood Plan, made 19 July 2017
Ravenstone Neighbourhood Plan, made 20 June 2019
Sherington Neighbourhood Plan, made 18 October 2017
Stantonbury Neighbourhood Plan, made 16 June 2021
Stony Stratford Neighbourhood Plan, made 20 June 2018
Walton Neighbourhood Plan, made 19 October 2022
West Bletchley Neighbourhood Plan, made 16 July 2025
Woburn Sands Neighbourhood Plan, made 16 July 2014
Wolverton Neighbourhood Plan, made, date not published by the council
Woughton Neighbourhood Plan, made 22 November 2017
Checked against milton-keynes.gov.uk/planning-and-building/planning-policy/neighbourhood-planning/neighbourhood-plans-milton-keynes on 6 November 2026
Highway authority: Milton Keynes City Council for local roadsNational Highways for motorways and trunk roads, where present
Council website: milton-keynes.gov.uk

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