Torridge District Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Torridge
What transport evidence a Torridge 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
Torridge sets no numeric parking standards. Policy DM06 of the North Devon and Torridge Local Plan expects parking provision to meet anticipated needs, judged against the site's accessibility, public transport and the scale and type of development.
Source: North Devon and Torridge Local Plan, Policy DM06: Parking ProvisionAdopted 29 October 2018Confirmed 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 Torridge, may also apply to your site.
North Devon and Torridge Local Plan 2011-2031
- ST10Transport Strategy
- ST23Infrastructure
- HOL08Safeguarded Pedestrian and Cycle Route
- DM05Highways
- DM06Parking Provision
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.