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APPENDIX C SELECTION OF THE PREFERRED ROUTE CORRIDOR REPORT NOVEMBER 2011 NOVEMBER 2011 Yorkshire and Humber Carbon Capture, Transportation and Storage Project Selection of Preferred Corridor National Grid House National Grid Warwick Technology Park 1100 Century Way Gallows Hill Thorpe Park Warwick Leeds CV34 6DA LS15 8TU Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 6 1.1 Purpose of Report ............................................................................................ 6 2 BACKGROUND TO THE PROPOSAL ............................................................................. 7 2.1 Overview .......................................................................................................... 7 2.2 Need for the Project.......................................................................................... 7 2.3 Strategic Optioneering...................................................................................... 9 2.4 Route Corridor Study...................................................................................... 11 2.5 Stage 1 Consultation ...................................................................................... 12 3 FACTORS EMPLOYED IN EVALUATING CORRIDORS............................................... 13 3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 13 3.2 Planning Act 2008 .......................................................................................... 13 3.3 National Policy................................................................................................ 14 3.4 Conclusions.................................................................................................... 16 4 OTHER FACTORS CONSIDERED IN THE EVALUATION OF ROUTE CORRIDORS... 17 4.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 17 4.2 Air Quality and Emission ................................................................................ 17 4.3 Dust, Odour Artificial Light, Smoke, Steam and Insect Infestation .................. 17 4.4 Noise and Vibration ........................................................................................ 17 4.5 Traffic and Transport Effects .......................................................................... 17 4.6 Waste Management ....................................................................................... 18 4.7 Land Ownership ............................................................................................. 18 4.8 Effect on Residential Amenity......................................................................... 18 5 ROUTE CORRIDORS..................................................................................................... 19 5.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 19 5.2 Route Corridor Options................................................................................... 20 5.3 Feasible Combinations of Route Corridor Options and AGI Option Areas ...... 21 6 NATIONAL AND LOCAL POLICY CONTEXT................................................................ 22 6.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 22 6.2 Context........................................................................................................... 22 6.3 Energy and Climate Change Policy ................................................................ 22 6.4 UK Policy and Initiatives ................................................................................. 22 6.5 National Policy Statements............................................................................. 23 6.6 Planning Policy Statements............................................................................ 25 6.7 Regional Plan................................................................................................. 28 6.8 Development Plans ........................................................................................ 29 6.9 Legal Protections for Habitats and Species .................................................... 30 6.10 Stage 1 Consultation Representations ........................................................... 31 iii 6.11 Comparison of Route Corridors ...................................................................... 32 6.12 Conclusions of results .................................................................................... 32 7 STAGE 1 CONSULTATION REPRESENTATIONS........................................................ 33 7.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 33 7.2 Representations on Route Corridor Study ...................................................... 33 7.3 Parish Councils .............................................................................................. 34 7.4 Thorntree Drainage Board.............................................................................. 35 7.5 Other organisations ........................................................................................ 35 7.6 General Public................................................................................................ 36 7.7 Representations in Relation to Zone A ........................................................... 38 7.8 Representations in Relation to Zone B ........................................................... 39 7.9 Representations in Relation to Zone C ........................................................... 39 7.10 Representations In Relation To Zone D.......................................................... 40 7.11 Representations in Relation to Zone E ........................................................... 40 8 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIO ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS............................... 41 8.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 41 8.2 Heritage.......................................................................................................... 42 8.3 Ecology / Biodiversity ..................................................................................... 46 8.4 Landscape...................................................................................................... 50 8.5 Socio Economic.............................................................................................. 53 8.6 Water Resources and Flood Risk ................................................................... 60 9 CONSTRUCTABILITY ISSUES...................................................................................... 69 9.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 69 9.2 Stage I Consultation Representations ............................................................ 69 9.3 Comparison of Route Corridors ...................................................................... 70 Zone A – Corridors A1 to A4 and AGI Option Area A.................................................. 70 Zone B – Corridors B1 to B6 and Option Area B......................................................... 72 Zone C – Corridors C1 to C7 and AGI Option Areas C North and South .................... 73 Zone D – Corridors D1 to D6 and AGI Option Areas D North and South .................... 75 Zone E – Corridors E1 to E3....................................................................................... 77 10 COMPARISON OF ROUTE CORRIDORS ..................................................................... 78 11 CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................................................... 107 11.1 Route Corridors............................................................................................ 107 11.2 AGI Option Areas ......................................................................................... 108 11.3 Extension Areas ........................................................................................... 109 11.4 Summary...................................................................................................... 109 12 NEXT STEPS................................................................................................................ 111 Glossary.................................................................................................................................. 112 iv v Yorkshire and Humber Carbon Capture, Transportation and Storage Project Selection of Preferred Corridor 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose of Report 1.1.1 This report outlines the selection of a preferred corridor for a cross country pipeline to support the development of a carbon capture, transportation and storage (CCS) project in the Yorkshire and Humber region. The pipeline would transport carbon dioxide (CO2), captured from the proposed Don Valley Power Project at Stainforth, adjacent to the Hatfield Colliery near Doncaster, to a permanent storage site beneath the North Sea. This pipeline would be capable of forming a foundation of a regional CCS transportation and storage network which could also function to serve other CO2 emitters. 1.1.2 The report is structured as follows: • Chapter 2 – explains the background to the proposals, including the need for the