South Kesteven District Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in South Kesteven
What transport evidence a South Kesteven 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 Kesteven's Local Plan sets no numeric parking standards. Policy ID2 asks for appropriate parking for vehicles, powered two-wheelers and cycles, shown through a transport statement or assessment.
Source: South Kesteven Local Plan 2011-2036Confirmed 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 Kesteven, may also apply to your site.
South Kesteven Local Plan 2011-2036
- GR2Sustainable Transport in Grantham
- ID1Infrastructure for Growth
- ID2Transport and Strategic Transport Infrastructure
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.