Rother District Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Rother
What transport evidence a Rother 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
East Sussex County Council's parking standards apply in Rother. These are county standards, taken from the county's document below and checked against it row by row.
County standards
| Use | Car parking |
|---|---|
| E – Business (office, research and development and light industrial process) | 1 per 30m² |
| E - Shops and retail | 1 per 14m² |
| B2 - General Industrial | 1 per 50m² |
| B8 - Storage | 1 per 100m² |
| C1 - Hotels | 1 per bedroom (plus 1 per resident staff plus 1 per 2 non-resident staff) |
| E – Financial & Professional Services | 1 per 30m² |
| E – Food and drink (mainly on premises) | 1 per 5m² of public area and 1 per 2 f/t equivalent staff members |
| Sui Generis - Hot Food Takeaway | 1 per 5m² of public area plus 1 per 2 f/t equivalent staff members |
| Sui Generis - Public House, wine bar, drinking establishment | 1 per 5m² of public area plus 1 per 2 f/t equivalent staff members |
| Use | Long-stay cycle parking | Short-stay cycle parking |
|---|---|---|
| C3 residential (all dwellings except sheltered/elderly/nursing homes) | 1 cycle space per bedroom (all residential development except sheltered/elderly housing or nursing homes) | – |
| F.1 - Learning and non-residential institutions | Based on travel plan mode share targets but a minimum of: 1 per 20 f/t staff / 1 per 10 students | – |
| E – Business (office, research and development and light industrial process) | 1 per 150m² | 1 per 500m² |
| E - Shops and retail | Small (under 200m²): 1 per 100m²; Medium (200–1000m²): 1 per 200m²; Large (over 1000m²): 1 per 500m² | Small (under 200m²): 1 per 100m²; Medium (200–1000m²): 1 per 200m²; Large (over 1000m²): 1 per 250m² |
| B2 - General Industrial | 1 per 200m² | 1 per 1000m² |
| B8 - Storage | 1 per 500m² | 1 per 1000m² |
| E – Assembly and Leisure (indoor sport, recreation or fitness, gyms) | 1 per 4 f/t staff | 1 per 50m² |
| E – Financial & Professional Services | 1 per 100m² | 1 per 200m² |
| E – Food and drink (mainly on premises) | 1 per 4 f/t staff | 1 per 25m² |
| F.2 - Local Community Uses | 1 per 4 f/t staff | 1 per 100m² |
| Sui Generis - Hot Food Takeaway | 1 per 5 f/t staff | 1 per 100m² |
| Sui Generis - Public House, wine bar, drinking establishment | 1 per 4 f/t staff | 1 per 100m² |
Source: East Sussex County Council Guidance on Parking at New DevelopmentsCounty standards: East Sussex County CouncilAdopted 11 March 2024Figures checked against the published document 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 Rother, may also apply to your site.
Rother Local Plan Core Strategy
- PC1Presumption in favour of sustainable development
- TR2Integrated Transport
- TR4Car Parking
- IM2Implementation and Infrastructure
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.