West Northamptonshire Council · Unitary authority
Transport Statements and Assessments in West Northamptonshire
What transport evidence a West Northamptonshire 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
West Northamptonshire Council sets its parking standards in the document below. Use it for the car and cycle provision your scheme needs.
Source: Northamptonshire Parking Standards (September 2016)Adopted 6 September 2016Confirmed 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 West Northamptonshire, may also apply to your site.
West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy (Local Plan Part 1)
- S10Sustainable development principles
- C1Changing Behaviour and Achieving Modal Shift
- C6High Speed Rail 2
- E4Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT)
- INF1Approach to infrastructure delivery
- INF2Contributions to infrastructure requirements
- N12Northampton's Transport Network Improvements
- D5Daventry's transport network improvements
- T4Transport Improvements for Towcester
- B4Transport Improvements for Brackley
- R3A Transport Strategy for the Rural Areas
Settlements and Countryside Local Plan (Part 2) for Daventry District
- ST1Sustainable Transport Infrastructure
Northampton Local Plan Part 2
- SD1Presumption in favour of sustainable development
- MO1Designing sustainable transport and travel
- MO2Highway network and safety
- MO3Transport schemes and mitigation
- IFS2Infrastructure delivery and contributions
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.