North East Derbyshire District Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in North East Derbyshire
What transport evidence a North East Derbyshire 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
North East Derbyshire's Local Plan sets no numeric parking standards. Derbyshire County Council, the highway authority, publishes Parking Guidance for New Developments (September 2024).
Source: Parking Guidance for New Developments (Derbyshire County Council)Adopted September 2024Confirmed 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 East Derbyshire, may also apply to your site.
North East Derbyshire Local Plan 2014-2034
- SS1Sustainable Development
- ID1Infrastructure Delivery and Developer Contributions
- ID2Provision and Safeguarding of Transport Infrastructure
- ID3Sustainable 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.