You can request pre-application advice for the following development types:

• residential extension and accesses
  • additional bedroom(s), scale of proposal, new/altered dropped kerb, agricultural/residential access

If you don’t plan to increase the number of bedrooms or the change is from 2 to 3 or 4 to 5 bedrooms plus no plans to alter access to the highways or existing parking, highways advice is not required and you should contact the local planning authority in the first instance

Should you seek to increase the number of bedrooms, the following guidelines should be used as reference:

Please note: any application that sees to increase the number of bedrooms which will result in a change to parking requirements will need review by a WCC Highways Officer; more information relating to parking can be found within the Streetscape Design Guide.

• size of dwelling (houses and apartments) and parking requirements
  • 1 bedroom unit: 1 parking space/1 cycle space
  • 2-3 bedroom units: 2 parking spaces/2 cycle spaces
  • 4-5 bedroom units: 3 parking spaces/2 cycle spaces
• small scale residential development (1-6 dwellings)
• large scale residential development (7+ dwellings)
• commercial development (e.g. retail, education, leisure, industrial)
• care homes
• mixed development (e.g. flat above shop)

Please note:

The advice given in response to pre-application enquiries does not bind our decision making or constitute a formal representation by us as the Highway Authority. Any views or opinions expressed are given in good faith and to the best of our ability without prejudice to the formal consideration of any future planning application. 

The written advice provided will be taken into consideration by us in the representation to a future related planning application, subject to the proviso that circumstances and information may change or come to light that may alter that position;  in this regard the weight given to pre-application advice will decline over time