Stevenage Borough Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Stevenage
What transport evidence a Stevenage 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
Stevenage Borough Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: Parking Provision Supplementary Planning DocumentAdopted 28 February 2025Confirmed as the current standard on 27 October 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 Stevenage, may also apply to your site.
Stevenage Borough Local Plan 2011-2031 (Partial Update)
- SP6Sustainable transport
- SP11Flooding, drainage and pollution
- SP2Sustainable development in Stevenage
- SP5Infrastructure
- IT3Infrastructure
- IT4Transport assessments and travel plans
- IT5Parking and access
- IT6Sustainable transport
- IT7New and improved links for pedestrians and cyclists
- IT8Public parking provision
- FP7Pollution
- FP8Pollution sensitive uses
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.