Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead · Unitary authority
Transport Statements and Assessments in Windsor and Maidenhead
What transport evidence a Windsor and Maidenhead 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 Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead applies, taken from the source document below and checked against it row by row.
| Use | Area and size | Car parking |
|---|---|---|
| C3 Dwellings | Zone 1 – High Accessibility, 1 bedroom | 0.5 spaces per dwelling |
| C3 Dwellings | Zone 2a – Medium Accessibility Inner, 1 bedroom | 1 space per dwelling |
| C3 Dwellings | Zone 2b – Medium Accessibility Outer, 1 bedroom | 1 space per dwelling |
| C3 Dwellings | Zone 3 – Low Accessibility, 1 bedroom | 1 space per dwelling |
| C3 Dwellings | Zone 1 – High Accessibility, 2 bedrooms | 1 space per dwelling |
| C3 Dwellings | Zone 2a – Medium Accessibility Inner, 2 bedrooms | 1 space per dwelling |
| C3 Dwellings | Zone 2b – Medium Accessibility Outer, 2 bedrooms | 2 spaces per dwelling |
| C3 Dwellings | Zone 3 – Low Accessibility, 2 bedrooms | 2 spaces per dwelling |
| C3 Dwellings | Zone 2b – Medium Accessibility Outer, 3 bedrooms | 2 spaces per dwelling |
| C3 Dwellings | Zone 1 – High Accessibility, 3+ bedrooms | 1.5 spaces per dwelling |
| C3 Dwellings | Zone 2a – Medium Accessibility Inner, 3+ bedrooms | 2 spaces per dwelling |
| C3 Dwellings | Zone 3 – Low Accessibility, 3+ bedrooms | 3 spaces per dwelling |
| C3 Dwellings | Zone 2b – Medium Accessibility Outer, 4+ bedrooms | 3 spaces per dwelling |
| C4 | Zone 1 – High Accessibility | As C3 Residential |
| C4 | Zone 2a/2b/3 Medium/Low Accessibility | As C3 Residential |
| Use | Area and size | Long-stay cycle parking | Short-stay cycle parking |
|---|---|---|---|
| C3 Dwellings | 1 bedroom | 1 cycle parking space | – |
| C3 Dwellings | 2 bedrooms | 2 cycle spaces | – |
| C3 Dwellings | 3 bedrooms | 3 cycle parking space | – |
| C3 Dwellings | 4 or more bedrooms | 4 or more cycle parking spaces (at a ratio of 1 cycle parking space per bedroom) | – |
| E(a) | First 500 sqm: 1 space per 250 sqm Thereafter: 1 space per 1,000 sqm | First 500 sqm: 1 space per 250sqm Thereafter: 1 space per 1,000 sqm | |
| B2 | 1 space per 500 sqm | 1 space per 1,000 sqm | |
| B8 | 1 space per 500 sqm | 1 space per 1,000 sqm | |
| C1 | 1 space per 20 bedrooms | 1 space per 40 bedrooms | |
| C4 | As C3 Residential | As C3 Residential | |
| Cinemas, theatres and conference centres | 1 space per 10 FTE staff | 1 space per 30 seats | |
| E(b) | 1 space per 250 sqm | 1 space per 125 sqm | |
| E(c)(i) | 1 space per 250 sqm | 1 space per 125 sqm | |
| E(c)(ii) | 1 space per 250 sqm | 1 space per 125 sqm | |
| E(c)(iii) | 1 space per 250 sqm | 1 space per 125 sqm | |
| E(d) | – | 1 space per 50 sqm | |
| E(e) | 1 space per 10 FTE staff | 1 space per 4 consulting rooms | |
| E(f) | 1 space per 10 FTE staff | 1 space per 10 children | |
| F.1(b) | 1 space per 10 FTE staff | 1 space per 250 sqm | |
| F.1(e) | Case by case basis | Case by case basis | |
| F.1(g) | Case by case basis | Case by case basis | |
| F.2(a) | 1 space per 250 sqm | 1 space per 80 sqm | |
| F.2(b) | Case by case basis | Case by case basis | |
| F.2(c) | Case by case basis | Case by case basis | |
| F.2(d) | Case by case basis | Case by case basis | |
| Hot food takeaways | 1 space per 250 sqm | 1 space per 250 sqm | |
| Places of worship | 1 space per 10 FTE staff | 1 space per 250 sqm | |
| Public house, wine bar, or drinking establishment | 1 space per 250 sqm | 1 space per 125 sqm |
Source: Parking Supplementary Planning DocumentAdopted 28 April 2026Figures 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 Windsor and Maidenhead, may also apply to your site.
Borough Local Plan 2013-2033
- EP 2Air Pollution
- EP 4Noise
- IF 1Infrastructure and Developer Contributions
- IF 2Sustainable Transport
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.