Somerset Council · Unitary authority
Transport Statements and Assessments in Somerset
What transport evidence a Somerset 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
Somerset Council's Parking Strategy (2013) explains how much parking new developments need to provide across Somerset, so agree provision with the Council early.
Source: Somerset Parking Strategy 2013Confirmed as the current standard on 13 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 Somerset, may also apply to your site.
Mendip District Local Plan Part I: Strategy and Policies 2006-2029
- DP9Transport Impact of New Development
- DP10Parking Standards
Mendip District Local Plan Part II: Sites and Policies
- DP27Highway Infrastructure Measures for Frome
Taunton Deane Site Allocations and Development Management Plan
- A1Parking requirements
- A2Travel Planning
- A3Cycle network
- A4Protection of disused transport corridors
South Somerset Local Plan 2006-2028
- TA1Low carbon travel
- TA2Rail
- TA3Sustainable Travel at Chard and Yeovil
- TA4Travel plans
- TA5Transport impact of new development
- TA6Parking standards
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.