Parking Provision Interim Guidance

The Council has produced a Parking Provision Interim Guidance which will be used as a material consideration in determining planning applications.  The Interim Guidance was adopted by Cabinet on 7th August 2008 following a six week consultation period.

• Parking Provision Interim Guidance pdf

Why has the Parking Provision Interim Guidance been produced?

In December 2006 Central Government published planning Policy Statement 3: Housing, which significantly altered the way in which car parking for residential development was to be considered.

Rather than setting a maximum standard of provision, it promotes an approach that takes into account levels of car ownership.  Following this, Hampshire County Council withdrew their Car Parking Standards, leaving it to individual districts to set their own residential car parking standards.

It should be noted that the guidance in PPG13 still stands for non residential parking provision.  Therefore the parking standards set out in the Interim Guidance for non-residential used follow the stance originally set out by Hampshire County Council.

Created 22 March 2011