# The Town and Country Planning (Entertainment Resort Complex, Bedford) Special Development (No. 2) Order 2025, Paragraph 53: Vehicle parking


(1) Grand Opening must not take place unless at least—
(a) 100 designated coach parking spaces,
(b) 7,106 further designated motor vehicle parking spaces, excluding designated vehicle parking spaces at railway stations, and
(c) 250 designated cycle parking spaces, excluding designated cycle parking spaces at railway stations,
have been constructed on the Order land and are available for use by visitors or workers.
(2) The number of parking spaces referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c) of sub-paragraph (1) must remain available for as long as class 1(a) authorised works are operating.
(3) If—
(a) in any calendar year—
(i) there are more than 8.5 million visitors to class 1 authorised works in aggregate, or
(ii) on more than 15 days, there are more than 55,000 visitors per day to class 1 authorised works, or
(b) the site controller reasonably concludes that, in the next calendar year, there are likely to be more than—
(i) 8.5 million visitors in aggregate to class 1 authorised works, or
(ii) 55,000 visitors per day to class 1 authorised works on more than 15 days,
the site controller must, within three months of the criterion in paragraph (a) or (b) being satisfied, notify the Secretary of State to that effect and submit to the Secretary of State for validation a scheme, including an implementation timetable, for increasing the amount of vehicle parking.
(4) A scheme submitted under sub-paragraph (3) must propose increases in the numbers of vehicle parking spaces that result in there being, in aggregate, at least—
(a) 11,197 designated motor vehicle parking spaces other than coach parking spaces, excluding designated vehicle parking spaces at railway stations, and
(b) 1,456 designated cycle parking spaces, excluding designated cycle parking spaces at railway stations.
(5) Subject to sub-paragraph (6)—
(a) at the date of Grand Opening and for as long as class 1(a) authorised works are operating, at least 5 per cent of the total number of designated motor vehicle parking spaces that have been constructed and are available for the purposes of the ERC must be sustainable vehicle parking spaces;
(b) at the date of Grand Opening, infrastructure must have been installed to enable a further 5 per cent of the available designated motor vehicle parking spaces to be converted into sustainable vehicle parking spaces without material disruption to the use of designated parking spaces adjacent to them.
(6) The site controller may, having regard to technological changes and the evolution of relevant law and government policy regarding the sustainability of motor vehicles, submit to the Secretary of State for approval a plan setting out requirements—
(a) relating to the provision of parking spaces for categories of motor vehicles, specified in the plan, that are considered to be more sustainable than other motor vehicles that are generally in use at the time;
(b) which—
(i) differ from, and
(ii) if the Secretary of State endorses the plan, are to replace,
the requirements set out in sub-paragraph (5)(a) or (b).
(7) The Secretary of State must not decide to endorse a plan submitted under sub-paragraph (6), or a modification of such a plan, unless the Secretary of State is satisfied that that decision meets the condition specified in article 7(7) (modification of reference documents, controlling documents and endorsement conditions).
(8) The site controller must—
(a) keep a record of the numbers of—
(i) designated coach parking spaces;
(ii) sustainable vehicle parking spaces provided under sub-paragraph (5)(a);
(iii) vehicle parking spaces in respect of which infrastructure has been installed in accordance with sub-paragraph (5)(b);
(iv) vehicle parking spaces provided in accordance with a plan submitted under sub-paragraph (6) that has been endorsed;
(v) other designated motor vehicle parking spaces;
(vi) designated cycle parking spaces,
that are provided in accordance with this paragraph from time to time;
(b) make that record available to the Secretary of State upon request.
(9) In this paragraph, “sustainable vehicle parking space” means a designated motor vehicle parking space that is—
(a) fitted with a charge point, and
(b) reserved for use by electric vehicles that are capable of using a charge point.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1322/schedule/3/paragraph/53 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-entertainment-resort-complex-bedford-special-development-no-2-order-2025/schedule-3/paragraph-53
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