Apartment schemes.

The parking ratio and whether it suits the location, how deliveries and refuse collection will work, the quality of cycle parking, and the walking and public transport links. On larger schemes, the effect on nearby junctions and a Travel Plan.

• A Transport Statement or Assessment scoped with the highway authority.
• A parking strategy, including car club and disabled parking.
• Cycle parking numbers and layout to local or London standards.
• A delivery and servicing plan with swept paths for refuse vehicles.
• A Travel Plan with realistic measures.

Most revisions on apartment schemes come from servicing and cycle storage that were added late. We work with the architect early so the bin store, loading area and cycle store are in the right place and sized correctly from the first layout.

• A Transport Statement or Assessment, depending on scale.
• A parking strategy with car ownership evidence and any car club.
• Cycle parking to the local standard, with larger and accessible spaces.
• A delivery and servicing plan, including refuse and parcels.
• A Travel Plan for larger schemes.

A typical case is 60 apartments on a former commercial site near a town centre, with a basement car park for half the units. The council asks how the reduced parking will work, how refuse vehicles will collect, and where delivery vans will stop. We show low car ownership for similar apartments locally, propose a car club bay, design a lay-by for servicing, and set out a delivery and servicing plan with a parcel room so drivers spend less time at the kerb.

Parking is justified from accessibility, local census car ownership and the council’s standards. Ramps, aisle widths and bay sizes in basement or podium car parks are checked against recognised design guidance, with swept paths for cars and service vehicles. Refuse collection is planned with the council’s vehicle dimensions. Where the previous use generated more traffic, we show the net change, which is often a reduction.

Common concerns include reduced parking, servicing from the street and refuse collection. Evidence of car ownership at comparable schemes, a clear servicing plan and swept paths for the refuse vehicle usually resolve them.

Where concerns remain, we prepare a technical note responding point by point, and can support an appeal if needed.

From feasibility to planning conditions, we provide the transport evidence, the servicing and parking strategy, and the drawings that show it works.

The same questions arise in Scotland and Wales, where they are assessed against NPF4 and Scottish guidance or Planning Policy Wales and TAN 18 rather than the NPPF.

To get a quote, send us:

• The site address or a location plan.
• The scheme layout, unit mix and parking numbers.
• Any comments from the council’s highways or waste teams.
• Any pre-application advice or highways comments you already have.