Highway Development Control advice

General information that will help in the preparation of planning applications, providing advice on a number of pertinent highway-related matters.

Highway Development Control in Dorset

The Transport Development Management team covers the whole of Dorset, employing a dedicated team of engineers to provide highway development control advice. Please see our information sheet providing contact details of Highway Development Control team members across Dorset (pdf, 71kb) (opens in a new window) .

Visibility splays - Information relating to the provision of sight lines (pdf, 275kb) (opens in a new window) at accesses and junctions onto the public highway.
Car parking - Information relating to the geometric requirements for car parking spaces (pdf, 171kb) (opens in a new window) .
Garaging - Information relating to the geometric requirements for garaging (pdf, 233kb) (opens in a new window) .
Single Access - Information relating to the geometric requirements for providing a new single access (pdf, 155kb) (opens in a new window) onto the public highway.
Single Access and Layby - Information relating to the geometric requirements for providing a new single access and layby (pdf, 147kb) (opens in a new window) onto the public highway.
Agricultural Access - Information relating to the geometric requirements for providing a new agricultural access (pdf, 143kb) (opens in a new window) onto the public highway.
Formation of an Access - Information relating to the formation of an access (pdf, 82kb) (opens in a new window) onto a public highway.
Residential Estate Design - Highways should be designed and constructed in accordance with the guidance provided by Manual for Streets (MfS) and Manual for Streets 2 (MfS2). Applicants are encouraged to discuss their proposals at an early stage with the Transport Development Team (pdf, 71kb) (opens in a new window) .

Pre-application Advice

Dorset County Council actively encourages all applicants to discuss their proposal with the Highway Authority before submitting a planning application to the Planning Authority. Discussions will result in a better chance of a successful outcome and help to speed up the decision-making process after submission.

See our pre-application information sheet (pdf, 82kb) (opens in a new window) for further information.