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 | LA08 LA08: Pinxton to Newton and Huthwaite High Speed Two (HS2) Limited Two Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway, Birmingham B4 6GA Freephone: 08081 434 434 Minicom: 08081 456 472 Email: [email protected] H19 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 LA08: Pinxton to Newton and Huthwaite H19 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. 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High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA08 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 12 2.3 Construction of the Proposed Scheme 23 2.4 Operation of the Proposed Scheme 49 2.5 Route section alternatives 50 3 Stakeholder engagement and consultation 59 3.1 Introduction 59 3.2 Key stages of Phase 2b engagement and consultation 59 3.3 Informing the Proposed Scheme 60 3.4 Engagement and consultation with stakeholder groups 61 4 Agriculture, forestry and soils 66 4.1 Introduction 66 4.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 66 4.3 Environmental baseline 67 4.4 Effects arising during construction 73 4.5 Effects arising from operation 81 5 Air quality 83 5.1 Introduction 83 5.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 83 5.3 Environmental baseline 84 5.4 Effects arising during construction 85 i High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA08 5.5 Effects arising from operation 87 6 Community 89 6.1 Introduction 89 6.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 89 6.3 Environmental baseline 90 6.4 Effects arising during construction 93 6.5 Effects arising from operation 96 7 Ecology and biodiversity 98 7.1 Introduction 98 7.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 98 7.3 Environmental baseline 98 7.4 Effects arising during construction 104 7.5 Effects arising during operation 113 8 Health 116 8.1 Introduction 116 8.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 116 8.3 Environmental baseline 117 8.4 Effects arising during construction 120 8.5 Effects arising from operation 127 9 Historic environment 128 9.1 Introduction 128 9.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 128 9.3 Environmental baseline 130 9.4 Effects arising during construction 133 9.5 Effects arising from operation 138 10 Land quality 141 10.1 Introduction 141 10.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 141 10.3 Environmental baseline 142 10.4 Effects arising during construction 153 10.5 Effects arising from operation 162 11 Landscape and visual 164 11.1 Introduction 164 11.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 164 11.3 Environmental baseline 165 11.4 Temporary effects arising during construction 172 11.5 Permanent effects arising from operation 179 12 Socio-economics 189 12.1 Introduction 189 12.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 189 ii High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA08 12.3 Environmental baseline 189 12.4 Effects arising during construction 192 12.5 Effects arising from operation 195 13 Sound, noise and vibration 196 13.1 Introduction 196 13.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 197 13.3 Environmental baseline 197 13.4 Effects arising during construction 198 13.5 Effects arising from operation 201 14 Traffic and transport 205 14.1 Introduction 205 14.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 205 14.3 Environmental baseline 206 14.4 Effects arising during construction 208 14.5 Effects arising from operation 214 15 Water resources and flood risk 218 15.1 Introduction 218 15.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 218 15.3 Environmental baseline 219 15.4 Effects arising during construction 227 15.5 Effects arising from operation 236 16 References 237 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: Location of construction compounds in the Pinxton to Newton and Huthwaite area 28 Figure 5: Construction compounds for civil engineering works 31 Figure 6: Construction compounds for railway systems works 33 Figure 7: Indicative construction programme between 2023 and 2033 46 Figure 8: Business sector composition in Bolsover District Council area and the East Midlands region 190 Figure 9: Employment by industrial sector in the Bolsover District Council area and the East Midlands region 191 List of tables Table 1: Demolitions to be managed from the Maghole Brook satellite compound 35 Table 2: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Farmwell Lane main compound 36 Table 3: Demolitions to be managed from the B6026 Huthwaite Lane satellite compound 38 iii High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA08 Table 4: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Sheffield spur main compound 41 Table 5: Demolitions to be managed from the M1 south satellite compound 42 Table 6: Demolitions to be managed from the Alfreton Road satellite compound 44 Table 7: Consideration of local alternatives for route of the Proposed Scheme through the divergence of the Sheffield spur and HS2 main line 50 Table 8: Consideration of local alternatives for the alignment of the Sheffield spur 53 Table 9: Mechanisms and timeline of stakeholder engagement since route announcement 59 Table 10: Engagement to date with community stakeholders 61 Table 11: Engagement to date with local authorities and parish councils 63 Table 12: Summary of characteristics of holdings 73 Table 13: Summary of temporary effects on holdings from construction 77 Table 14: Summary of permanent effects on holdings from construction 79 Table 15: Species potentially relevant to the assessment within the Pinxton to Newton and Huthwaite area 102 Table 16: Residual significant effects on ecological resources/features during construction 112 Table 17: Residual significant effects on ecological resources/features during operation 114 Table 18: Summary of the geology underlying the land quality study area 143 Table 19: Current and historical landfill sites located in the study area 147 Table 20: Current and historical mining, mineral sites and colliery spoil sites located within the study area 148 Table 21: Current and historical industrial sites located within the study area 148 Table 22: Summary of sensitive receptors 152 Table 23: Summary of baseline CSM for sites which may pose a contaminative risk for the Proposed Scheme 155 Table 24: Summary of construction CSM effects 158 Table 25: Summary of permanent (post-construction) effects 159 Table 26: Summary of effects for mining and mineral resources 162 Table 27: Summary of significantly affected LCAs 168 Table 28: Summary description and judgement of effects on LCAs 173 Table 29: Construction phase potentially significant visual effects 175 Table 30: Operational phase significant landscape effects 180 Table 31: Operation phase significant visual effects 182 Table 32: Surface water body receptors 220 Table 33: Summary of geology and hydrogeology in the study area 222 Table 34: River flood risk sources and receptors 225 Table 35: Surface water flood risk sources and receptors 226 iv High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA08 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.