Transport planning consultants in Cheltenham.
Transport Statements, access and parking checks, and answers to highways comments for schemes in Cheltenham, for developers and the architects, planning consultants and engineers who work with them.
Cheltenham Borough Council
decides planning applications
Gloucestershire County Council
highway authority for local roads
M5 and A40
run by National Highways
How schemes in Cheltenham get decided.
Two councils involved
Cheltenham Borough Council decides the planning application, but Gloucestershire County Council is the highway authority and gives the highways response. We deal with both, so the evidence suits the county’s standards as well as the local plan.
What shapes schemes in Cheltenham
A Regency spa town with the Golden Valley development near GCHQ and M5 junctions 10 and 11 to the west. In the centre, the questions are servicing, parking and how people walk to the shops and the station. On the edges, it’s access, visibility and the main junctions.
Roads, rail and buses
The main roads are the A40, A46 and A435, with M5 junctions 10 and 11. There’s a railway station, so the walking and cycling route to it counts for a lot in any application. Where a scheme adds traffic to the M5 and A40, National Highways needs to agree the evidence as well. We tell you early if yours does.
Questions we get asked
Who is the highway authority in Cheltenham?
Gloucestershire County Council, for local roads. Cheltenham Borough Council decides the planning application and consults Gloucestershire County Council on highways matters. We deal with both. National Highways is responsible for the M5 and A40.
Do you cover the area around Cheltenham?
Yes, including Tewkesbury, Gloucester and Stroud, and the villages and rural sites in between.
Will National Highways need to be involved?
Only if a scheme adds enough traffic to the M5 and A40 to matter. We check that at the start and, where it’s needed, agree the approach with them alongside the council.
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