Transport planning consultants in Stafford.
Transport Statements, access and parking checks, and answers to highways comments for schemes in Stafford, for developers and the architects, planning consultants and engineers who work with them.
Stafford Borough Council
decides planning applications
Staffordshire County Council
highway authority for local roads
M6
run by National Highways
How schemes in Stafford get decided.
Two councils involved
Stafford Borough Council decides the planning application, but Staffordshire 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 Stafford
A county town on the West Coast Main Line, between M6 junctions 13 and 14, with growth to the north and east. 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 A34, A449 and A518, between M6 junctions 13 and 14. 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 M6, 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 Stafford?
Staffordshire County Council, for local roads. Stafford Borough Council decides the planning application and consults Staffordshire County Council on highways matters. We deal with both. National Highways is responsible for the M6.
Do you cover the area around Stafford?
Yes, including Stone, Staffordshire, Rugeley and Cannock, and the villages and rural sites in between.
Will National Highways need to be involved?
Only if a scheme adds enough traffic to the M6 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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