North Devon Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in North Devon
What transport evidence a North Devon 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 adopted local plan sets no numeric parking standards. Policy DM06 asks for provision appropriate to the site, its accessibility and the type of development.
Source: North Devon and Torridge Local Plan 2011-2031, Policy DM06 Parking ProvisionAdopted October 2018Confirmed 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 North Devon, may also apply to your site.
North Devon and Torridge Local Plan 2011-2031
- ST01Principles of Sustainable Development
- ST10Transport Strategy
- BAR16Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
- ST23Infrastructure
- DM05Highways
- DM06Parking Provision
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.