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High Speed Two Phase 2b ww.hs2.org.uk October 2018 Working Draft Environmental Statement High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: Community Area report | Volume 2 | LA13 LA13: Ravenfield to Clayton High Speed Two (HS2) Limited Two Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway, Birmingham B4 6GA Freephone: 08081 434 434 Minicom: 08081 456 472 Email: [email protected] H24 hs2.org.uk October 2018 High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: Community Area report LA13: Ravenfield to Clayton H24 hs2.org.uk High Speed Two (HS2) Limited has been tasked by the Department for Transport (DfT) with managing the delivery of a new national high speed rail network. It is a non-departmental public body wholly owned by the DfT. High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, Two Snowhill Snow Hill Queensway Birmingham B4 6GA Telephone: 08081 434 434 General email enquiries: [email protected] Website: www.hs2.org.uk A report prepared for High Speed Two (HS2) Limited: High Speed Two (HS2) Limited has actively considered the needs of blind and partially sighted people in accessing this document. The text will be made available in full on the HS2 website. The text may be freely downloaded and translated by individuals or organisations for conversion into other accessible formats. If you have other needs in this regard please contact High Speed Two (HS2) Limited. © High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, 2018, except where otherwise stated. Copyright in the typographical arrangement rests with High Speed Two (HS2) Limited. This information is licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0. To view this licence, visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/ open-government-licence/version/2 or write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or e-mail: [email protected]. Where we have identifi ed any third- party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. Printed in Great Britain on paper containing at least 75% recycled fi bre. High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA13 Contents Preface v Structure of the HS2 Phase 2b working draft Environmental Statement vi 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Introduction to HS2 1 1.2 Purpose and status of this report 3 1.3 Structure of this report 3 2 Overview of the area and description of the Proposed Scheme 6 2.1 Overview of the area 6 2.2 Description of the Proposed Scheme 11 2.3 Construction of the Proposed Scheme 30 2.4 Operation of the Proposed Scheme 61 2.5 Route section alternatives 62 3 Stakeholder engagement and consultation 66 3.1 Introduction 66 3.2 Key stages of Phase 2b engagement and consultation 66 3.3 Informing the Proposed Scheme 67 3.4 Engagement and consultation with stakeholder groups 68 4 Agriculture, forestry and soils 74 4.1 Introduction 74 4.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 74 4.3 Environmental baseline 75 4.4 Effects arising during construction 83 4.5 Effects arising from operation 93 5 Air quality 95 5.1 Introduction 95 5.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 95 5.3 Environmental baseline 96 5.4 Effects arising during construction 97 i High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA13 5.5 Effects arising from operation 99 6 Community 101 6.1 Introduction 101 6.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 101 6.3 Environmental baseline 102 6.4 Effects arising during construction 107 6.5 Effects arising from operation 111 7 Ecology and biodiversity 113 7.1 Introduction 113 7.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 113 7.3 Environmental baseline 113 7.4 Effects arising during construction 122 7.5 Effects arising during operation 134 8 Health 136 8.1 Introduction 136 8.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 136 8.3 Environmental baseline 137 8.4 Effects arising during construction 140 8.5 Effects arising from operation 146 9 Historic environment 148 9.1 Introduction 148 9.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 148 9.3 Environmental baseline 150 9.4 Effects arising during construction 156 9.5 Effects arising from operation 162 10 Land quality 164 10.1 Introduction 164 10.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 164 10.3 Environmental baseline 165 10.4 Effects arising during construction 178 10.5 Effects arising from operation 186 11 Landscape and visual 188 11.1 Introduction 188 11.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 188 11.3 Environmental baseline 190 11.4 Temporary effects arising during construction 204 11.5 Permanent effects arising from operation 215 12 Socio-economics 231 12.1 Introduction 231 12.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 231 ii High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA13 12.3 Environmental baseline 231 12.4 Effects arising during construction 234 12.5 Effects arising from operation 238 13 Sound, noise and vibration 240 13.1 Introduction 240 13.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 241 13.3 Environmental baseline 241 13.4 Effects arising during construction 242 13.5 Effects arising from operation 245 14 Traffic and transport 250 14.1 Introduction 250 14.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 250 14.3 Environmental baseline 251 14.4 Effects arising during construction 253 14.5 Effects arising from operation 261 15 Water resources and flood risk 266 15.1 Introduction 266 15.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 266 15.3 Environmental baseline 267 15.4 Effects arising during construction 281 15.5 Effects arising from operation 291 16 References 293 List of figures Figure 1: Structure of the working draft Environmental Statement ix Figure 2: The HS2 Phase 2b route and community areas 2 Figure 3: Community area context map 7 Figure 4: Key permanent features of route of the Proposed Scheme in the Ravenfield to Clayton area 13 Figure 5: Location of construction compounds in the Ravenfield to Clayton area 34 Figure 6: Construction compounds for civil engineering works 36 Figure 7: Construction compounds for railway systems installation works 37 Figure 8: Indicative construction programme between 2023 and 2033 55 Figure 9: Business sector composition in RMBC and DMBC areas and the Yorkshire and the Humber Region 232 Figure 10: Employment by industrial sector in the RMBC and DMBC areas and the Yorkshire and the Humber Region. 233 iii High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA13 List of tables Table 1: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Hooton Roberts cutting main compound 38 Table 2: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Old Denaby embankment satellite compound 41 Table 3: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the River Don viaduct satellite compound* 42 Table 4: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Barnburgh embankment satellite compound 45 Table 5: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Thurnscoe embankment satellite compound 48 Table 6: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Clayton cutting satellite compound 49 Table 7: Consideration of local alternatives for Sheffield Northern spur 63 Table 8: Mechanisms and timeline of stakeholder engagement since route announcement 66 Table 9: Engagement to date with community stakeholders 69 Table 10: Engagement to date with local authorities and parish councils 70 Table 11: Summary of characteristics of holdings 82 Table 12: Summary of temporary effects on holdings from construction 87 Table 13: Summary of permanent effects on holdings from construction 90 Table 14: Species potentially relevant to the assessment within the Ravenfield to Clayton area 120 Table 15: Residual significant effects on ecological resources/features during construction 131 Table 16: Residual significant effects on ecological resources/features during operation 135 Table 17: Summary of the geology underlying the land quality study area 166 Table 18: Current and historical landfill sites located in the study area 170 Table 19: Current and historical mining and mineral sites and colliery spoil sites located in the study area 171 Table 20: Current and historical industrial sites located in the study area 172 Table 21: Summary of sensitive receptors 177 Table 22: Summary of baseline CSM for sites which may pose a contaminative risk for the Proposed Scheme 180 Table 23: Summary of construction CSM effects. 182 Table 24: Summary of effects for mining and mineral resources 185 Table 25: Summary of effects for mining and mineral resources 186 Table 26: Summary of significantly affected LCAs 193 Table 27: Summary description and assessment of effects on LCAs 205 Table 28: Construction phase potentially significant effects 209 Table 29: Operation phase significant landscape effects 216 Table 30: Operation phase significant visual effects 219 Table 31: Resources which would potentially experience significant direct effects 236 Table 32: Significance of effects on resources 237 Table 33: Surface water body receptors 268 Table 34: Summary of geology and hydrogeology in the study area 272 Table 35: River flood risk sources and receptors 277 Table 36: Surface water flood risk sources and receptors 278 iv High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA13 Preface The working draft Environmental Statement This report forms part of Volume 2 of the working draft Environmental Statement (ES) for Phase 2b of High Speed Two (HS2). The purpose of the working draft ES is to provide the public and other stakeholders with an opportunity to review and comment on preliminary environmental information for Phase 2b of HS2, which is based on a stage in the ongoing design development and environmental assessment process.