The demands of your local Council for car parking demand assessments to meet statutory requirements are often nuanced to your assessment of how many patrons you believe your property is likely to draw in, amenities of the proposing plan, and external factors that are just as significant.

Regardless of size, though, there is often a minimum amount of parking spaces required wherever new lots are planned for, and are made in the assessment of the existing dimensions of the proposal. It’s common afterwards for the provision of these spaces to fall to the discretion of the authority responsible for the lot – the decision to meet this requirement, in other words, is somewhat circumstantial to the plans of those planning the development.

Car parking demand assessments come into play where these requirements are in need of dispute, and the reasons can be varied, so long as they are reasonably supported in the eyes of your statutory planners. RedSquare Traffic can help you determine whether or not a reduction in car spaces is necessary on your end, and how the assessment can satisfy your strategic motivations.

Motivations for Reducing Parking Spaces on Your Land | Car Parking Demand Assessments 

Where the determination of whether your lot requires a certain number of available parking spaces is a technical one – based on the projected demand from incoming tenants – your decision of whether or not you adhere to them is a strategic one.

Is your use of the available land maximal, or are there alternative ways to employ the given space in a manner that better suits your business needs?

The Impracticality of Required Parking

Although an assessment made of your lot might delegate a certain number of parking spaces for your development, it might be the case that the use of the land for that purpose is unfit for your operational needs, or impinges somehow on your customer and staff experience. 

In this case, car parking demand assessments should take into account how the given requirements influence surrounding access to other lots, overheads like maintenance or considerations for your staff, and how intentions with the proposed space intend to address these issues as they align with your goals.

The potential for use of the required space for alternative initiatives, for example, or potential influence on the symbiotic relationship your lot has with the local economy of stores and establishments could be valid causes here.

Availability of Alternative Parking and Transport

In the abundance of other means of transport or parking space, reasonable cause should be given for how local tenants, customers or landowners have appropriate access to these amenities so that the potential reduction of the space will not impede on their associated experience. 

With the opportunity of leveraging these surroundings, though, the potential to utilise the available resources otherwise occupied becomes a viable asset to the business – administrative, financial or otherwise.

Lack of Impact on Surrounding Stakeholders

Just as important a consideration, if the determination of parking holds little weight on the benefits to surrounding residents or pedestrians, application for car parking demand assessments should be feasible – so long as it’s also reasonable that the given lot remains capable of handling estimated visitors, without detriment to their use and access to the area. 

Need to make a car parking demand assessment? RedSquare Traffic provides you with a traffic engineer to assess how an assessment can be made in the context of planning schemes in your local area, making sure your application is as compliant and successful as possible.