Transport planning consultants in Milton Keynes.
Transport planning for schemes across Milton Keynes, from central sites where parking is tight to growth on the edges, for developers and the architects, planners and engineers who work with them.
Milton Keynes City Council
planning and highway authority
M1 and A5
run by National Highways
Railway station
walking and cycling links to it matter
How schemes in Milton Keynes get decided.
One council for planning and highways
Milton Keynes City Council handles both the planning application and the highways response, so we talk to its highways team early and give the case officer a clear answer.
What shapes schemes in Milton Keynes
A new city built on a grid of fast roads and roundabouts, with separate redways for walking and cycling and East West Rail planned through Bletchley. Officers focus on walking, cycling and public transport, and on keeping parking to what a scheme genuinely needs. Junction capacity matters most on the main routes in.
Roads, rail and buses
The main roads are the grid roads, A5 and A421, 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 and A5, 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 Milton Keynes?
Milton Keynes City Council is both the planning authority and the highway authority for local roads. National Highways is responsible for the M1 and A5.
Do you cover the area around Milton Keynes?
Yes, including Leighton Buzzard, Buckingham and Towcester, 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 and A5 to matter. We check that at the start and, where it’s needed, agree the approach with them alongside the council.
Also working around Milton Keynes.
From our insights.
What does your Milton Keynes site need?
Send us the location. We'll tell you what the council is likely to ask for, with a fixed fee.