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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-entertainment-resort-complex-bedford-special-development-no-2-order-2025/schedule-3/paragraph-24",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2025/1322",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Entertainment Resort Complex, Bedford) Special Development (No. 2) Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-entertainment-resort-complex-bedford-special-development-no-2-order-2025",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/24",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Height controls to secure an articulated skyline",
  "text": "(1) In this paragraph—\n“medium component” means a work with a height of more than 10 metres AGL and no more than 20 metres AGL;\n“tall component” means a work with a height of more than 20 metres AGL and no more than 75 metres AGL;\n“very tall component” means a work with a height of more than 75 metres AGL and no more than 115 metres AGL.\n(2) Authorised works must be designed and constructed in accordance with the height controls set out in this paragraph, and no construction work may be carried out in respect of an authorised work—\n(a) that would comply with a height control set out in this paragraph but would not comply with another height control that requires it not to exceed a specified height, or\n(b) that would comply with another height control that requires it not to exceed a specified height but would not comply with a height control set out in this paragraph.\n(3) In the Core Zone—\n(a) very tall components must not be located on or over more than 3 per cent of the applicable area;\n(b) each external surface of a very tall component, at any level, must be at least 20 metres away from the nearest external surface of any other very tall component;\n(c) each very tall component must be so designed and constructed that, when completed, no portion of it that extends vertically beyond a height of 75 metres AGL—\n(i) comprises anything other than attraction overlay, or\n(ii) extends horizontally over an area of more than 0.2 hectares, at any level that is not below ground level;\n(d) tall components must not be located on or over more than 10 per cent of the applicable area;\n(e) medium components must not be located on or over more than 20 per cent of the applicable area.\n(4) In each of the Lake Zone and West Gateway Zone—\n(a) no very tall component may be constructed;\n(b) tall components must not be located on or over more than 15 per cent of the applicable area;\n(c) medium components must not be located on or over more than 25 per cent of the applicable area.\n(5) In the East Gateway Zone—\n(a) no very tall component may be constructed;\n(b) tall components must not be located on or over more than 10 per cent of the applicable area;\n(c) medium components must not be located on or over more than 20 per cent of the applicable area.\n(6) The “applicable area” of each zone—\n(a) is its total land surface area as shown on the zonal plan, less—\n(i) in the Core Zone and Lake Zone, the surface area of any part of the zone where public roads or specified habitats are located;\n(ii) in the West Gateway Zone and East Gateway Zone, the surface area of any part of the zone where public roads are located, and\n(b) for as long as no modification is made to the zonal plan, is as set out in Table 2.\nTable 2: applicable area of each zone if zonal plan is not modified\nZone\nApplicable area (in square metres)\nCore Zone\n835,155\nLake Zone\n457,325\nWest Gateway Zone\n179,700\nEast Gateway Zone\n62,903",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1322/schedule/3/paragraph/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:08:22.499243+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}