Three Rivers District Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Three Rivers
What transport evidence a Three Rivers 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
Three Rivers District Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: Development Management Policies LDD, Appendix 5: Parking StandardsAdopted July 2013Confirmed 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 Three Rivers, may also apply to your site.
Core Strategy
- CP1Overarching Policy on Sustainable Development
- CP8Infrastructure and Planning Obligations
- CP10Transport and Travel
Development Management Policies Local Development Document
- DM9Contamination and Pollution Control
- DM13Parking
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.