Policy information sourced from the Hertsmere Local Plan Core Strategy

CS25 Accessibility and parking

In order to facilitate fair and convenient access to local services, the quantity of off-street parking for all modes of transport, to be provided at new developments, will be based on an assessment of:

  • a site’s location;
  • local car ownership;
  • the proposed land use (having regard to Table 13 for residential development);
  • housing tenure;
  • the potential for shared parking, over various times of the day and week, with other uses;
  • local on-street parking conditions and controls, including those likely to be available within the new development;
  • highway and pedestrian safety considerations including whether roads have been designed to an adoptable standard;
  • incentives to reduce dependency on the car and the provisions of any Travel Plan submitted;
  • the Accessibility Zones for the Borough; together with the extent of compliance with requirements set out in the Parking Supplementary Planning Document; and
  • the extent to which permeable and semi-permeable surfaces are incorporated into the area of off-street parking to be provided.
Table 13. Indicative parameters for Car Parking Standards SPD (residential standards)
Number of bedrooms (flats, bungalows and houses)Required number of car parking spaces
11.5*
22
32
43
5+4

*Decimal places will be rounded up to the nearest number.

For more information please see the Hertsmere Core Strategy