Transport planning consultants in Loughborough.
Transport Statements, access and parking checks, and answers to highways comments for schemes in Loughborough, for developers and the architects, planning consultants and engineers who work with them.
Charnwood Borough Council
decides planning applications
Leicestershire County Council
highway authority for local roads
M1
run by National Highways
How schemes in Loughborough get decided.
Two councils involved
Charnwood Borough Council decides the planning application, but Leicestershire 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 Loughborough
A university town on the Midland Main Line, with a busy inner relief road and a large science park next to the M1. 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 A6, A60 and A512, with the M1. 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 M1, 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 Loughborough?
Leicestershire County Council, for local roads. Charnwood Borough Council decides the planning application and consults Leicestershire County Council on highways matters. We deal with both. National Highways is responsible for the M1.
Do you cover the area around Loughborough?
Yes, including Shepshed, Castle Donington and Coalville, and the villages and rural sites in between.
Will National Highways need to be involved?
Only if a scheme adds enough traffic to the M1 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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