North Tyneside Council · Metropolitan borough
Transport Statements and Assessments in North Tyneside
What transport evidence a North Tyneside 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 Tyneside Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: Transport and Highways Supplementary Planning Document (2022)Confirmed 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 Tyneside, may also apply to your site.
North Tyneside Local Plan 2017-2032
- DM5.19Pollution
- DM7.4New Development and Transport
- AS8.5Transport and Accessibility in Wallsend and Willington Quay
- AS8.6Improving Movement in Wallsend and Willington Quay
- AS8.23Coastal Transport
- AS8.27Sustainable Transport and Traffic Management for the North West Villages
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.