Non-residential parking standards

This Section provides information regarding normal minimum car parking and operational / lorry parking standards by land use (all land uses except residential dwellings).

Broadly the land use classes are:

  • Land use class B - General industry, storage and distribution
  • Land use class C - Residential institutions, secure residential institutions
  • Land use class E - Commercial, business and services
  • Land use class F - Community and learning 
  • Land use class Suis Generis - Cinemas. stadia, drinking establishments, takeaways, drive throughs and all others

Where parking standards are not provided for a particular land use class or scale, provision should be discussed pre-application and should take consider factors such as the needs of the land use, on-street parking controls and local parking conditions, and sustainable accessibility. 

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