transport-representationlisted

# Transport representation on a planning application Help a member of the public produce a rigorous, credible representation on the **transport/highways** merits of a planning application — the kind a case officer can act on and lift into the officer report. The skill does three things: 1. **Evaluate** the applicant's transport evidence against current policy and design guidance and identify the material deficiencies. 2. **Map** each deficiency to the specific national (and local) transport policy and guidance it engages. 3. **Draft** the representation in clear, precise, concise language — or advise that the evidence is sound and no sustainable objection exists. ## When to use The user has a planning application and wants to object (or find out whether they *can* object) on transport/highways grounds — walking and cycling connectivity, public transport, the Transport Assessment/Statement, trip generation and junction modelling, parking, street layout and inclusive design, or the delivery of transport mitigation secured at outline. Trigger phrases: "object on transport grounds", "is this Transport Assessment any good", "critique this TA / Travel Plan", "the cycling/walking assessment looks thin", "they're watering down the access road" (s73). Not this skill: ecology, heritage, flooding, general amenity — separate matters. This skill is transport only. ## What you need first - The **application reference and council** (and, ideally, the documents). - The **tran