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Stone and Swynnerton September 2016 September HS2 Phase 2a: West Midlands to Crewe High Speed Two Phase 2a: West Midlands to Crewe Working Draft Environmental Impact Assessment Report Working Draft EIA Report | Volume 2: Community Area report | CA3: Stone and Swynnerton Volume 2: Community Area report CA3: Stone and Swynnerton September2016 September 2016 CS590_C10 High Speed Two Phase 2a: West Midlands to Crewe Working Draft Environmental Impact Assessment Report Volume 2: Community Area report CA3: Stone and Swynnerton September 2016 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, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AB Telephone: 020 7944 4908 General email enquiries: [email protected] Website: www.gov.uk/hs2 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, 2016, 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 identified 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 fibre. Working draft EIA Report, Volume 2: CA3, Stone and Swynnerton Contents Structure of the working draft Environmental Impact Assessment Report v 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Introduction to HS2 1 1.2 Purpose of this report 3 1.3 Structure of this report 3 2 Overview of the area and description of the Proposed Scheme 5 2.1 Overview of the area 5 2.2 Description of the Proposed Scheme 9 2.3 Construction of the Proposed Scheme 18 2.4 Operation of the Proposed Scheme 39 2.5 Route section alternatives 39 3 Stakeholder engagement and consultation 44 3.1 Introduction 44 3.2 Key stages of Phase 2a engagement and consultation 44 3.3 Technical and specialist groups 45 3.4 Local authorities and parish councils 46 3.5 Communities 47 3.6 Directly affected individuals and landowners 47 3.7 SMR consultation 48 3.8 Informing the Proposed Scheme 48 3.9 Consultation on the working draft EIA Report and ongoing engagement 49 4 Agriculture, forestry and soils 50 4.1 Introduction 50 4.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 51 4.3 Environmental baseline 51 4.4 Effects arising during construction 57 4.5 Effects arising from operation 62 5 Air quality 63 5.1 Introduction 63 i Working draft EIA Report, Volume 2: CA3, Stone and Swynnerton 5.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 63 5.3 Environmental baseline 63 5.4 Effects arising during construction 64 5.5 Effects arising from operation 66 6 Community 67 6.1 Introduction 67 6.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 67 6.3 Environmental baseline 67 6.4 Effects arising during construction 68 6.5 Effects arising from operation 69 7 Cultural heritage 71 7.1 Introduction 71 7.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 71 7.3 Environmental baseline 72 7.4 Effects arising during construction 80 7.5 Effects arising from operation 83 8 Ecology 85 8.1 Introduction 85 8.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 85 8.3 Environmental baseline 85 8.4 Effects arising during construction 89 8.5 Effects arising from operation 96 9 Health 98 9.1 Introduction 98 9.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 98 9.3 Environmental baseline 99 9.4 Effects arising during construction 99 9.5 Effects arising from operation 104 10 Land quality 105 10.1 Introduction 105 10.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 105 10.3 Environmental baseline 106 10.4 Effects arising during construction 111 10.5 Effects arising from operation 125 11 Landscape and visual 126 11.1 Introduction 126 11.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 126 11.3 Environmental baseline 127 11.4 Effects arising during construction 131 11.5 Effects arising from operation 142 12 Socio-economics 154 12.1 Introduction 154 12.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 154 ii Working draft EIA Report, Volume 2: CA3, Stone and Swynnerton 12.3 Environmental baseline 154 12.4 Effects arising during construction 157 12.5 Effects arising from operation 158 13 Sound, noise and vibration 159 13.1 Introduction 159 13.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 160 13.3 Environmental baseline 160 13.4 Effects arising during construction 160 13.5 Effects arising from operation 163 14 Traffic and transport 167 14.1 Introduction 167 14.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 167 14.3 Environmental baseline 167 14.4 Effects arising during construction 169 14.5 Effects arising from operation 173 15 Water resources and flood risk 176 15.1 Introduction 176 15.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 176 15.3 Environmental baseline 177 15.4 Effects arising during construction 180 15.5 Effects arising from operation 188 16 References 190 List of figures Figure 1: The HS2 Phase 2a route and community areas 2 Figure 2: Area context map 6 Figure 3: Construction compounds showing key indicative civil engineering works within the Stone and Swynnerton area 24 Figure 4: Construction compounds showing key indicative railway installation works within the Stone and Swynnerton area 25 Figure 5: Indicative construction programme 38 Figure 6: Business sector composition in SBC and the West Midlands 155 Figure 7: Employment by industrial sector in SBC and the West Midlands 156 List of tables Table 1: Mechanisms and timeline of stakeholder engagement since route announcement 44 Table 2: Summary characteristics of holdings 56 Table 3: Summary of potential permanent effects on holdings from construction 60 Table 4: Species potentially relevant to the assessment within the Stone and Swynnerton area 88 Table 5: Anticipated significant residual ecological effects during construction 94 Table 6: Residual significant effects on ecological resources/features during operation 97 iii Working draft EIA Report, Volume 2: CA3, Stone and Swynnerton Table 7: Summary of sensitive receptors 111 Table 8: Summary of baseline CSM for sites which may pose a contaminative risk for the Proposed Scheme 113 Table 9: Summary of temporary (construction) effects 117 Table 10: Summary of permanent (post construction) effects 120 Table 11: Summary of effects for mining and mineral resources 123 Table 12: Key surface water bodies and their WFD status 177 Table 13: Groundwater bodies and their WFD status 179 iv Working draft EIA Report, Volume 2: CA3, Stone and Swynnerton Structure of the working draft Environmental Impact Assessment Report This document is part of the working draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report for Phase 2a of the proposed High Speed Two (HS2) rail network between the West Midlands and Crewe (the Proposed Scheme). The working draft EIA Report sets out the current design of the Proposed Scheme, the likely environmental impacts (and, where possible, the likely significant environmental effects) of the construction and operation of the Proposed Scheme and proposed mitigation measures. The assessment will be updated for the formal EIA Report to reflect further work on the design, assessment and mitigation between now and when the hybrid Bill is deposited. The working draft EIA Report comprises the following documents: Non-technical summary This provides a summary in non-technical language of: • the Proposed Scheme and reasonable alternatives considered; • the impacts of the Proposed Scheme (and, where possible, the likely significant environmental effects), both beneficial and adverse; and • the proposed means of avoiding, reducing or managing the likely significant adverse effects. Volume 1: Introduction and methodology This provides: • a description of HS2, the EIA process and the approach to consultation and engagement; • details of the permanent features of the Proposed Scheme and generic construction techniques, based on the current level of design; • a summary of the scope and methodology for the environmental topics; and • a summary of the strategic, route-wide and route corridor alternatives to the scheme and local alternatives considered prior to November 2015. Volume 1 also comprises a glossary of terms and list of abbreviations and two appendices which are listed below. Volume 2: Community area reports and map books These cover the following community areas: 1 Fradley to Colton; 2 Colwich to Yarlet; 3 Stone and Swynnerton; 4 Whitmore Heath to Madeley; and 5 South Cheshire. The reports provide the following for each area: • an overview of the area; v Working draft EIA Report, Volume 2: CA3, Stone and Swynnerton • a description of the construction and operation of the Proposed Scheme within the area, based on the current level of design; • a summary of the local alternatives considered since November 2015; • a description of the environmental baseline; • a description of the environmental impacts of the Proposed Scheme (and, where possible, the likely significant environmental effects), both beneficial and adverse; and • the proposed means of avoiding, reducing or managing the likely significant adverse effects. The maps relevant to the Stone and Swynnerton area are provided in a separate corresponding document entitled Volume 2, CA3 Map Book, which should be read in conjunction with this report.
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