Warrington Borough Council · Unitary authority
Transport Statements and Assessments in Warrington
What transport evidence a Warrington 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
The standards Warrington Borough Council applies, taken from the source document below and checked against it row by row.
| Use | Area and size | Car parking |
|---|---|---|
| B1 Business / Offices | Area B (all other areas) | 1 space per 26 sqm (stand-alone offices and business parks) |
| A2 Financial & Professional Services | Area A (town centre) | 1 space per 28 sqm |
| A2 Financial & Professional Services | Area B (all other areas) | 1 space per 25 sqm |
| A3 & A5 Restaurants, Cafes, Hot Food Takeaways | Area A (town centre) | 1 space per 9 sqm of public floor area |
| A3 & A5 Restaurants, Cafes, Hot Food Takeaways | Area B (all other areas) | 1 space per 7 sqm of public floor area |
| A4 Drinking Establishments | Area A (town centre) | 1 space per 9 sqm of public floor area |
| A4 Drinking Establishments | Area B (all other areas) | 1 space per 7 sqm of public floor area |
| B2 General Industry | Area A (town centre) | 1 space per 48 sqm |
| B2 General Industry | Area B (all other areas) | 1 space per 60 sqm |
| B8 Storage and Distribution | Area B (all other areas) | 1 space per 120 sqm |
| C1 Hotels | Area A (town centre) | 1 space per bedroom |
| C1 Hotels | Area B (all other areas) | 1 space per bedroom |
| Schools (primary and secondary) | Area A (town centre) | 1 space per classroom |
| Schools (primary and secondary) | Area B (all other areas) | 3 spaces per classroom |
| Use | Area and size | Cycle parking |
|---|---|---|
| C3 Dwelling Houses | Area B (all other areas), 1 bed flats | 1 space per dwelling |
| C3 Dwelling Houses | Area B (all other areas), 1 bed houses / 2 bed flats | 1 space per dwelling |
| C3 Dwelling Houses | Area B (all other areas), 2 bed houses | 1 space per bedroom - provision within storage room, garage or via access to rear garden to be demonstrated |
| C3 Dwelling Houses | Area B (all other areas), 4+ bed houses | 1 space per bedroom - provision within storage room, garage or via access to rear garden to be demonstrated |
Source: Standards for Parking in New Development (Supplementary Planning Document)Adopted March 2015Figures checked against the published document on 6 November 2026Selected tables: the source document has the full standards
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 Warrington, may also apply to your site.
Warrington Local Plan 2021/22 to 2038/39
- INF1Sustainable Travel and Transport
- INF2Transport Safeguarding
- INF5Delivering Infrastructure
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.