North West Leicestershire District Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in North West Leicestershire
What transport evidence a North West Leicestershire 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
Policy IF7 asks developers to have regard to the County Highway Authority's current parking guidance (the Leicestershire Highway Design Guide) and the local plan's supporting text expects 2 spaces per dwelling, 3 for four or more bedrooms, in many instances.
Source: North West Leicestershire Local Plan Policy IF7 and Appendix 5Adopted 16 March 2021Confirmed 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 West Leicestershire, may also apply to your site.
North West Leicestershire Local Plan 2011-2031 (as amended by the Partial Review)
- IF1Development and Infrastructure
- IF4Transport Infrastructure and new development
- IF5Leicester to Burton rail line
- IF7Parking provision and new development
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.