Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council · District council
Transport Statements and Assessments in Welwyn Hatfield
What transport evidence a Welwyn Hatfield 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
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: Supplementary Planning Guidance: Parking Standards (2004)Confirmed 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 Welwyn Hatfield, may also apply to your site.
Welwyn Hatfield Local Plan 2016-2036
- SP 1Delivering Sustainable Development
- SP 4Transport and Travel
- SADM 2Highway Network and Safety
- SADM 3Sustainable Travel for All
- SADM 12Parking, Servicing and Refuse
- SADM 18Environmental Pollution
- SP 13Infrastructure Delivery
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.