# The Town and Country Planning (Entertainment Resort Complex, Bedford) Special Development (No. 2) Order 2025, Paragraph 49: Limits on extent of highway works


(1) For the purposes of this paragraph—
“area of development” has the meaning given in section 22(9) of the Planning Act 2008;
“motorway” has the meaning given in section 22(9) of the Planning Act 2008;
“relevant highway” means a highway for which the Secretary of State or a strategic highways company is the highway authority.
(2) Class 6 authorised works must not consist of—
(a) the construction or alteration of a motorway;
(b) the construction of—
(i) a highway that will be a relevant highway, but that is not a motorway, where the speed limit for any class of vehicle is expected to be 50 miles per hour or greater, if the area of development exceeds 12.5 hectares;
(ii) any other highway that will be a relevant highway, if the area of development exceeds 7.5 hectares;
(c) the alteration of—
(i) a relevant highway, that is not a motorway, where the speed limit for any class of vehicle is expected to be 50 miles per hour or greater, if the area of development exceeds 12.5 hectares;
(ii) any other relevant highway, if the area of development exceeds 7.5 hectares;
(d) the improvement of a relevant highway, if it is likely to have a significant effect on the environment.
(3) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply to class 6 authorised works which meet the conditions set out in section 22(6), (7) or (8) of the Planning Act 2008.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1322/schedule/3/paragraph/49 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-entertainment-resort-complex-bedford-special-development-no-2-order-2025/schedule-3/paragraph-49
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