Transport planning consultants in Tamworth.
Transport Statements, access and parking checks, and answers to highways comments for schemes in Tamworth, for developers and the architects, planning consultants and engineers who work with them.
Tamworth Borough Council
decides planning applications
Staffordshire County Council
highway authority for local roads
A5 and M42
run by National Highways
How schemes in Tamworth get decided.
Two councils involved
Tamworth 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 Tamworth
A town with a two-level station on the West Coast and Cross Country lines, the A5 and M42 close by and large employment sites near the motorway. 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 A5, A51 and A513, with the M42. 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 A5 and M42, 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 Tamworth?
Staffordshire County Council, for local roads. Tamworth Borough Council decides the planning application and consults Staffordshire County Council on highways matters. We deal with both. National Highways is responsible for the A5 and M42.
Do you cover the area around Tamworth?
Yes, including Shenstone, Lichfield and Sutton Coldfield, and the villages and rural sites in between.
Will National Highways need to be involved?
Only if a scheme adds enough traffic to the A5 and M42 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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