St Albans City and District Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in St Albans
What transport evidence a St Albans 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
St Albans City and District Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: St Albans Local Plan 2024-2041, Part A, Appendix 2: Parking Standards (Policy TRA4)Adopted 9 September 2026Confirmed 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 St Albans, may also apply to your site.
St Albans Local Plan 2024-2041, Part A: strategic policies
- SP14Delivery of Infrastructure
- EMP2Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI)
- TCR6St Albans City Centre Public Realm and movement
- SP7Community Infrastructure
- SP8Transport Strategy
- TRA1Transport Considerations for New Development
- TRA4Parking
- DES6Servicing of Development
- HW1Air and Noise Pollution
- IMP1Additional Infrastructure Requirements for Strategic Scale Development
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.