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 | LA16 LA16: Garforth and Church Fenton High Speed Two (HS2) Limited Two Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway, Birmingham B4 6GA Freephone: 08081 434 434 Minicom: 08081 456 472 Email: [email protected] H27 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 LA16: Garforth and Church Fenton H27 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: LA16 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 24 2.4 Operation of the Proposed Scheme 52 2.5 Route section alternatives 53 3 Stakeholder engagement and consultation 57 3.1 Introduction 57 3.2 Key stages of Phase 2b engagement and consultation 57 3.3 Informing the Proposed Scheme 58 3.4 Engagement and consultation with stakeholder groups 59 4 Agriculture, forestry and soils 65 4.1 Introduction 65 4.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 65 4.3 Environmental baseline 66 4.4 Effects arising during construction 75 4.5 Effects arising from operation 85 5 Air quality 87 5.1 Introduction 87 5.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 87 5.3 Environmental baseline 88 5.4 Effects arising during construction 89 i High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA16 5.5 Effects arising from operation 91 6 Community 93 6.1 Introduction 93 6.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 93 6.3 Environmental baseline 94 6.4 Effects arising during construction 96 Cumulative effects 99 6.5 Effects arising from operation 99 7 Ecology and biodiversity 101 7.1 Introduction 101 7.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 101 7.3 Environmental baseline 101 7.4 Effects arising during construction 107 7.5 Effects arising during operation 116 8 Health 118 8.1 Introduction 118 8.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 118 8.3 Environmental baseline 119 8.4 Effects arising during construction 121 8.5 Effects arising from operation 126 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 138 9.5 Effects arising from operation 146 10 Land quality 148 10.1 Introduction 148 10.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 148 10.3 Environmental baseline 149 10.4 Effects arising during construction 164 10.5 Effects arising from operation 174 11 Landscape and visual 175 11.1 Introduction 175 11.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 175 11.3 Environmental baseline 177 11.4 Temporary effects arising during construction 185 11.5 Permanent effects arising from operation 197 12 Socio-economics 211 12.1 Introduction 211 ii High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA16 12.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 211 12.3 Environmental baseline 211 12.4 Effects arising during construction 214 12.5 Effects arising from operation 217 13 Sound, noise and vibration 219 13.1 Introduction 219 13.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 220 13.3 Environmental baseline 220 13.4 Effects arising during construction 221 13.5 Effects arising from operation 224 14 Traffic and transport 228 14.1 Introduction 228 14.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 228 14.3 Environmental baseline 229 14.4 Effects arising during construction 231 14.5 Effects arising from operation 238 15 Water resources and flood risk 242 15.1 Introduction 242 15.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 242 15.3 Environmental baseline 243 15.4 Effects arising during construction 255 15.5 Effects arising from operation 264 16 References 266 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 Garforth and Church Fenton area 28 Figure 5: Construction compounds for civil engineering works 31 Figure 6: Construction compounds for railway systems works 32 Figure 7: Indicative construction programme between 2023 and 2033 47 Figure 8: Business sector composition in LCC and SDC areas and the Yorkshire and Humber region 212 Figure 9: Employment by industrial sector in the LCC and SDC areas and the Yorkshire and Humber region 213 iii High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA16 List of tables Table 1: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the West Garforth cutting main compound 33 Table 2: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Micklefield embankment satellite compound 34 Table 3: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Weet Wood cutting satellite compound 37 Table 4: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Ringhay Wood cutting satellite compound 38 Table 5: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Barkston Ash embankment satellite compound 41 Table 6: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Church Fenton viaduct satellite compound 42 Table 7: Consideration of local alternatives for the Great North Road and A1(M) northbound and southbound crossing 54 Table 8: Mechanisms and timeline of stakeholder engagement since route announcement 57 Table 9: Engagement to date with community stakeholders 60 Table 10: Engagement to date with local authorities and parish councils 60 Table 11: Summary of characteristics of holdings 74 Table 12: Summary of temporary effects on holdings from construction 79 Table 13: Summary of permanent effects on holdings from construction 82 Table 14: Species potentially relevant to the assessment within the Garforth and Church Fenton area 106 Table 15: Residual significant effects on ecological resources/features during construction 115 Table 16: Residual significant effects on ecological resources/features during operation 117 Table 17: Summary of the geology underlying the land quality study area 150 Table 18: Current and historical landfill sites located in the study area 156 Table 19: Current and historical mining, mineral sites and colliery spoil sites located within the study area 157 Table 20: Current and historical industrial sites located within the study area 157 Table 21: Summary of sensitive receptors 163 Table 22: Summary of baseline CSM for sites which may pose a contaminative risk for the Proposed Scheme 166 Table 23: Summary of construction CSM effects 169 Table 24: Summary of effects for mining and mineral resources 173 Table 25: Summary of significantly affected LCAs 179 Table 26: Summary description and assessment of effects on LCAs 187 Table 27: Construction phase potentially significant visual effects 190 Table 28: Operational phase significant landscape effects 199 Table 29: Operation phase significant visual effects 202 Table 30: Surface water body receptors 244 Table 31: Summary of geology and hydrogeology in the study area 247 Table 32: River flood risk sources and receptors 253 Table 33: Surface water flood risk sources and receptors 254 iv High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA16 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.