Stroud District Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Stroud
What transport evidence a Stroud 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
Stroud District Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: Stroud District Local Plan, Appendix 2: Parking Standards for Vehicles and CyclesAdopted 19 November 2015Confirmed 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 Stroud, may also apply to your site.
Stroud District Local Plan
- CP6Developer contributions to services, community facilities and infrastructure
- CP14High quality sustainable development
- CP13Demand management and sustainable travel measures
- EI12Promoting transport choice and accessibility
- EI13Protecting and extending our cycle routes
- EI14Provision and protection of rail stations and halts
- EI16Provision of public transport facilities
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.