Transport planning consultants in Reading.
Transport Statements, access and parking checks, and answers to highways comments for schemes in Reading, for developers and the architects, planning consultants and engineers who work with them.
Reading Borough Council
planning and highway authority
M4
run by National Highways
Railway station
walking and cycling links to it matter
How schemes in Reading get decided.
One council for planning and highways
Reading Borough 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 Reading
A large town and major rail hub with Elizabeth line and Great Western services, low parking standards and M4 junctions 10 to 12 to the south. 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 A33, A4 and A329, with the M4. 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 M4, 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 Reading?
Reading Borough Council is both the planning authority and the highway authority for local roads. National Highways is responsible for the M4.
Do you cover the area around Reading?
Yes, including Bracknell, Maidenhead and Didcot, and the villages and rural sites in between.
Will National Highways need to be involved?
Only if a scheme adds enough traffic to the M4 to matter. We check that at the start and, where it’s needed, agree the approach with them alongside the council.
Also working around Reading.
From our insights.
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