The A122 (Lower Thames Crossing) Development Consent (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025

Statutory Instruments

2025 No. 1164

INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING

The A122 (Lower Thames Crossing) Development Consent (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025

Made

4th November 2025

Coming into force

5th November 2025

An application has been made under paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Planning Act 2008(1) to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011(2) for a non-material change to the A122 (Lower Thames Crossing) Development Consent Order 2025(3).

The Secretary of State, having considered the application and the responses to the publicity and consultation carried out in accordance with regulations 6 and 7 of the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011, has decided to make this Order amending the A122 (Lower Thames Crossing) Development Consent Order 2025.

The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Planning Act 2008, makes the following Order.

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the A122 (Lower Thames Crossing) Development Consent (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 and comes into force on 5th November 2025.

Amendments to the A122 (Lower Thames Crossing) Development Consent Order 2025

2.—(1) The A122 (Lower Thames Crossing) Development Consent Order 2025 is amended as follows.

(2) In article 65 (financial arrangements for the Kent Downs National Landscape)—

(a) for paragraph (2), substitute—

“(2) The agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is to be made prior to the commencement of any part of the authorised development located south of the River Thames.”; and

(b) after paragraph (7), insert—

“(8) In this article “commencement” has the same meaning as in paragraph 1(1) (interpretation) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 (requirements).”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Kayla Marks

Head of the Transport and Works Act Orders Unit

Department for Transport

4th November 2025

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the A122 (Lower Thames Crossing) Development Consent Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/462) (“the 2025 Order”), a development consent order under the Planning Act 2008 (“the Act”).

This Order follows an application under paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Act for a non-material change to the 2025 Order. The amendment varies the time by which National Highways Limited (“the applicant”), Natural England and the Kent Downs National Landscape Unit are to agree the financial contribution to be made available by the applicant for the benefit of the Kent Downs National Landscape.

(1)

2008 c. 29. Paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 was amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 8 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), by paragraph 72 of Schedule 13 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 25 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), by section 28 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7) and by section 128 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55).

(2)

S.I. 2011/2055, as amended by S.I. 2012/635, S.I. 2012/2654, S.I. 2012/2732, S.I. 2013/522, S.I. 2013/755, S.I. 2015/377, S.I. 2015/760, S.I. 2015/1682, S.I. 2017/314, S.I. 2017/524, S.I. 2018/378, S.I. 2019/734, S.I. 2020/764, S.I. 2020/1534, S.I. 2021/978, S.I. 2022/634 and S.I. 2023/1071.

(3)

S.I. 2025/462, corrected by S.I. 2025/1014.