Salford City Council · Metropolitan borough
Transport Statements and Assessments in Salford
What transport evidence a Salford 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
Salford City Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: Salford Local Plan: Development Management Policies and Designations, Annex C: Car parking standardsAdopted 18 January 2023Confirmed as the current standard on 27 October 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 Salford, may also apply to your site.
Salford Local Plan: Development Management Policies and Designations
- A1Supporting sustainable transport
- A2Transport hierarchy and sustainable streets
- A4Public transport
- A5Sustainable movement of freight
- A6Highway network
- A7Motor vehicle parking provision and drop-off facilities in new developments
- A8City Centre car parking
- A9Park and ride facilities
- A13Safeguarding potential transport routes
- PH1Pollution control
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.