Rutland County Council · Unitary authority
Transport Statements and Assessments in Rutland
What transport evidence a Rutland 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
Rutland County Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: Site Allocations and Policies DPD, Appendix 2: Parking standardsAdopted 13 October 2014Confirmed 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 Rutland, may also apply to your site.
Rutland Core Strategy Development Plan Document
- CS1Sustainable development principles
- CS8Developer contributions
- CS18Sustainable transport and accessibility
Rutland Site Allocations and Policies Development Plan Document
- SP1Presumption in favour of sustainable 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.