South Derbyshire District Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in South Derbyshire
What transport evidence a South Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire's Local Plan Part 1 (Policy INF2) asks for parking provision having regard to parking standards to be published as a Supplementary Planning Document. Derbyshire County Council, the highway authority, publishes Parking Guidance for New Developments (September 2024), so agree provision with the Council early.
Source: Parking Guidance for New Developments (Derbyshire County Council)Adopted September 2024Confirmed as the current standard on 6 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 Derbyshire, may also apply to your site.
South Derbyshire Local Plan Part 1
- INF1Infrastructure and Developer Contributions
- INF2Sustainable Transport
- INF3Strategic Rail Freight Interchange
- INF4Transport Infrastructure Improvement Schemes
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.