South Ribble Borough Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in South Ribble
What transport evidence a South Ribble 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 Ribble's Local Plan (July 2015), Policy F1, requires car parking and servicing space in line with the parking standards in Appendix 4 of the plan, and treats them as a guide: any variation needs local evidence in a transport statement.
Source: South Ribble Local Plan, Policy F1: Parking StandardsAdopted 22 July 2015Confirmed 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 South Ribble, may also apply to your site.
Central Lancashire Core Strategy
- Policy 2Infrastructure
- Policy 3Travel
- Policy 30Air Quality
South Ribble Local Plan
- A1Developer Contributions
- A2Cross Borough Link Road (Development Link Road)
- A3The Completion of the Penwortham Bypass
- F1Parking 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.