Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council · Metropolitan borough
Transport Statements and Assessments in Rotherham
What transport evidence a Rotherham 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 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council applies, taken from the source document below and checked against it row by row.
| Use | Area and size | Minimum car parking | Maximum car parking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dwelling Houses | 1 or 2 bedrooms | 1 space per dwelling | – |
| Dwelling Houses | 3 or 4 bedrooms | 2 parking spaces per dwelling | – |
| Dwelling Houses | 5 or more bedrooms | 3 parking spaces per dwelling | – |
| Residential Institutions | – | 1 space per 2 staff, +1 space per 3 visitors | |
| Business / Offices | – | 1 space per 30 m² | |
| Food Retail | – | 1 space per 14 m² | |
| Non-food Retail | – | 1 space per 25 m² | |
| Financial and Professional services | – | 1 space per 35 m² | |
| Flats | 1 space per flat plus 50% allocated for visitors | – | |
| General industrial | – | 1 space per 50 m² | |
| Hot Food takeaway | – | 1 space per resident staff plus 1 space per 2 non-resident staff | |
| Hotels | – | 1 space per bedroom, +public drinking / dining areas same as A3 | |
| Light Industry | – | 1 space per 50 m² | |
| Restaurants and Cafes | – | 1 space per 3 m² (net floor space) of public area or 1 space per 3 seats | |
| Storage or distribution | – | 1 space per 200 m² |
| Use | Area and size | Long-stay cycle parking | Short-stay cycle parking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offices | 1 per 20 staff | 1 per 200 m² gross floor space | |
| Flats | 1 per flat | 1 per 10 flats | |
| Hotels | 1 per 15 beds | 1 per 15 beds | |
| Houses up to 3 bedrooms | up to 3 bedrooms | 2 per dwelling | – |
| Houses with 4 bedrooms and above | 4 bedrooms and above | 2 per dwelling | – |
Source: Supplementary Planning Document No. 12: Transport Assessments, Travel Plans and Parking StandardsAdopted 21 June 2021Figures checked against the published document on 6 November 2026Selected tables: the source document has the full standards
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 Rotherham, may also apply to your site.
Rotherham Core Strategy
- CS 14Accessible Places and Managing Demand for Travel
- CS 15Key Routes and the Strategic Road Network
- CS 17Passenger Rail Connections
- CS 18Freight
- CS 32Infrastructure Delivery and Developer Contributions
Rotherham Local Plan: Sites and Policies Document
- SP 26Sustainable Transport for Development
- SP 27Development Affecting Designated "Highways Development Control Lines"
- SP 29Delivering Transport Schemes
- SP 49Safeguarding Mineral Infrastructure
- SP 52Pollution Control
- SP 56Car Parking Layout
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.