Parking Standards Design and Good Practice, September 2009 is current guidance issued by Essex County Council on behalf of the Essex Planning Officers Association (EPOA).

The document includes advice on the minimum number of vehicle spaces required for new residential development, the minimum number of cycle and powered two wheeler spaces required at all uses and the maximum number of vehicle spaces required at commercial and leisure developments, it also includes advice on the provision of blue badge parking as well as guidance on design and layout of all forms of parking.

The document has been developed in consultation with the District and Borough Councils within Essex under the umbrella of the Essex Planning Officers Association and has been produced as Essex County Council Supplementary Guidance. The guide is recommended to Essex Planning Authorities and others as providing quality advice and guidance on the provision and role of parking within residential, commercial and leisure areas in Essex and can be appended to a Local Authority’s Local Development Framework (LDF) as a County Supplementary Planning document (SPD).

The document is available to download and limited hard copies are also available. For these and any queries please email Parkingstandards@essex.gov.uk

Also available to download is the Environmental Report and Non-Technical Summary of the Sustainability Appraisal and Strategic Environmental Assessment.