South Cambridgeshire District Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in South Cambridgeshire
What transport evidence a South Cambridgeshire 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
South Cambridgeshire District Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: South Cambridgeshire Local Plan 2018, Policy TI/3 and Figure 11: Parking ProvisionAdopted 27 September 2018Confirmed 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 South Cambridgeshire, may also apply to your site.
South Cambridgeshire Local Plan
- SC/12Air Quality
- TI/2Planning for Sustainable Travel
- TI/3Parking Provision
- TI/4Rail Freight and Interchanges
- TI/8Infrastructure and New Developments
Northstowe Area Action Plan
- NS/10Road Infrastructure
Cambridge Southern Fringe Area Action Plan
- CSF/10Road Infrastructure
Cambridge East Area Action Plan
- CE/10Road Infrastructure
- CE/11Alternative Modes and Parking
- CE/12Transport for North of Newmarket Road
- CE/27Air Quality
- CE/33Infrastructure Provision
North West Cambridge Area Action Plan
- NW11Sustainable Travel
- NW12Highway Infrastructure
- NW13Vehicular Access
- NW15Highway Provision
- NW16Public Transport Provision
- NW17Cycling Provision
- NW18Walking Provision
- NW19Parking Standards
- NW31Infrastructure 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.