Transport Statement

A Transport Statement is a 'lighter touch' evaluation of a developments traffic impact on to the Transport Network. They are used for smaller scale developments with anticipated limited transport impacts. Although there are no current guidelines on when to produce a Transport Statement, liaison with the Local Authority at an early stage can identify if one is required and to what scale, scope and level of detail is necessary.

Transport Statement

Similar to a Transport Assessment a Transport Statement should set out the transport issues relating to a proposed development site (existing conditions) and details of the development proposals (proposed development).

Existing Conditions

The developer should provide a full description of:

  • Existing site information – describing the current physical infrastructure and characteristics of the site and its surroundings; and
  • Baseline transport data – background transport data and current transport infrastructure details.

This information should be accurately established to understand the context of the development proposal. The description should include as a minimum:

Existing site information:

  • A site location plan that shows the proposed development site in relation to the surrounding area and transport system;
  • The permitted and existing use of the site;
  • The existing land uses in the vicinity of the site, including development plan allocations, or potential future use in the case of undeveloped sites;
  • Existing site access arrangements including access constraints, where appropriate;
  • Whether the location of the site is within or near a designated Air Quality Management Area (AQMA); and
  • Any abnormal load uses of the current site.

Baseline transport data:

  • A qualitative description of the travel characteristics of the existing site, including pedestrian and cyclist movements and facilities, where applicable;
  • Existing public transport provision, including provision/frequency of services, location of bus stops/train stations, park-and-ride facilities;
  • A description and functional classification of the highway network in the vicinity of the site; and
  • An analysis of the recorded personal injury accident records on the public highway in the vicinity of the site access.
Proposed Development

The developer should provide a full description within the Transport Statement including, as a minimum:

  • Plans and drawings showing the proposed site layout, particularly the proposed pedestrian and vehicular access points into the site;
  • The proposed land use;
  • The scale of development, such as numbers of residential units and/or gross floor area (GFA), subdivided by land use where appropriate;
  • The main features (design layout and access points) of the development;
  • The person-trip generation of the proposed development and distribution of trips across mode;
  • A qualitative and quantitative description (based on recent site observations) of the travel characteristics of the proposed development, including pedestrian and cyclist facilities/movements, in the vicinity of the site;
  • Proposed improvements to site accessibility via sustainable modes of travel, such as provision/enhancement of footpath and cycle path linkages, public transport improvements, and servicing arrangements where appropriate;
  • A proposed parking strategy and internal vehicular circulation (including number of spaces, parking accumulation, parking layout in relation to other site elements, ratio of operational to non-operational spaces, method of car park operation, overspill parking considerations, disabled parking, motorcycle parking, cycle parking, taxi drop-off points);
  • Residual vehicular trip impact;
  • The transport impacts of site construction, including the requirements of abnormal loads in the construction, use and decommissioning the present development;
  • The transport impacts of freight or service operations; and
  • If the site of the proposed development has a current use or an extant planning permission with trip patterns/volumes, the net level of change that might arise out of the new proposals should be set out

The above requirements are not exhaustive and there may be a need for supplementary information that takes account of local conditions as well as other material considerations.

However, not all proposed developments that are considered to require a Transport Statement would necessarily need all of the above matters to be considered. Therefore, it is important that the scope of the Transport Statement is agreed at the pre-application discussion stage between the developer or their consultants and appropriate authorities.

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