Nottingham City Council · Unitary authority

Transport Statements and Assessments in Nottingham

What transport evidence a Nottingham 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 Nottingham 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
C3 Dwelling Houses/Apartments	City Centre	1 space per dwelling
B1 Light Industrial	City Centre	1 space per 215m² of gross floorspace
B1 Office	City Centre	1 space per 100m² of gross floorspace
A1 Food Retail	City Centre	1 space per 25m² gross floorspace
A1 Non-Food Retail	City Centre	1 space per 25m² of gross floorspace
A2 Financial and Professional Services	City Centre	1 space per 25m² of gross floorspace
A3 Restaurants and Cafés	City Centre	1 space per 25m² of gross floorspace
A4 Drinking Establishments	City Centre	1 space per 25m² of gross floorspace
A5 Hot Food Takeaways	City Centre	1 space per 25m² of gross floorspace
B2 General Industrial	City Centre	1 space per 215m² of gross floorspace
B8 Storage and Distribution, Transport Depots, Cash and Carry direct sales to traders	City Centre	1 space per 450m² of gross floorspace
C1 Hotels	City Centre	1 space per bedroom (if a hotel provides conference facilities, the number of car parking spaces required must be assessed separately)

Source: Land and Planning Policies Document, Appendix 1: Parking GuidanceAdopted 13 January 2020Figures checked against the published document on 5 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 Nottingham, may also apply to your site.

Land and Planning Policies Document (Local Plan Part 2)

TR1Parking and Travel Planning
TR2The Transport Network
TR3Cycling
IN2Land Contamination, Instability and Pollution
IN4Developer Contributions

Development plan: Nottingham City Aligned Core Strategy (Local Plan Part 1), adopted 8 September 2014Land and Planning Policies Document (Local Plan Part 2), adopted 13 January 2020Nottinghamshire and Nottingham Waste Local Plan, adopted September 2025Checked against nottinghamcity.gov.uk/information-for-business/planning-and-building-control/planning-policy/the-local-plan-and-planning-policy/the-adopted-local-plan on 5 November 2026
Highway authority: Nottingham City Council for local roadsNational Highways for motorways and trunk roads, where present
Council website: nottinghamcity.gov.uk

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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.