West Berkshire Council · Unitary authority
Transport Statements and Assessments in West Berkshire
What transport evidence a West Berkshire 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 West Berkshire Council applies, taken from the source document below and checked against it row by row.
| Use | Area and size | Minimum car parking |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | Zone 2, 1 | 1.25 |
| Houses | Zone 3, 1 | 1.5 |
| Houses | Zone 1, 2 | 1 |
| Houses | Zone 1, 3 | 2 |
| Houses | Zone 2, 3 | 2.5 |
| Houses | Zone 3, 3 | 2.5 |
| Houses | Zone 1, 4 | 2 |
| Houses | Zone 2, 4 | 2.5 |
| Houses | Zone 3, 4 | 3 |
Source: West Berkshire Local Plan Review 2023-2041, Policy DM44 ParkingAdopted 10 June 2025Figures 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 West Berkshire, may also apply to your site.
West Berkshire Local Plan Review 2023-2041
- SP19Transport
- SP20Infrastructure Requirements & Delivery
- DM42Transport Infrastructure
- DM43Theale Rail-Road Transfer Site
- DM44Parking
- DM45Travel Planning
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.