Shropshire Council · Unitary authority
Transport Statements and Assessments in Shropshire
What transport evidence a Shropshire 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 Shropshire Council applies, taken from the source document below and checked against it row by row.
| Use | Area and size | Car parking |
|---|---|---|
| C3 - Housing, flats and apartments (excluding specialist housing) | 1 bedroom | 1 car parking space |
| C3 - Housing, flats and apartments (excluding specialist housing) | 2 or more bedrooms | 2 car parking spaces |
| Specialist housing - non-self-contained | 2 car parking spaces per 10 bedspaces | |
| Specialist housing - self-contained | 1 car parking space |
Source: Design of New Dwellings Supplementary Planning DocumentAdopted 10 June 2026Figures 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 Shropshire, may also apply to your site.
Shropshire Core Strategy
- CS9Infrastructure Contributions
- CS7Communications and Transport
- CS8Facilities, Services and Infrastructure Provision
Site Allocations and Management of Development (SAMDev) Plan
- MD8Infrastructure Provision
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.