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Environmental Statement Volume 4: Technical Appendices Part I: Appendices 2.1‐7.2 March 2014 Environmental Statement Volume 4: Technical Appendices Part I: Appendices 2.1‐7.2 March 2014 Salisbury Gateway Environmental Statement Volume 4: Appendices List of Appendices Appendix Report/Content Source or Consultant 2.1 Scoping Report EPAL 2.2 Scoping Opinion Letter and Statutory Consultee responses Wiltshire Council 4.1 Ecological Management Strategy Capita 7.1 Updated Phase 1 Habitat Survey RT-MME-108361-01 Middlemarch September 2010 Environmental Ltd. (MEL) 7.2 Botanical Survey (Phase 2) RT-MME-105589 August 2009 MEL 7.3 Updated Ecological Surveys 2011 RT-MME-109777-01 MEL November 2011 7.4 Bat Survey RT-MME-105590 August 2009 MEL 7.5 Breeding Bird Survey RT-MME-105591-01 March-July 2010 MEL 7.6 Winter Bird Survey RT-MME-106241-07 November MEL 2009–February 2010 7.7 Snail Survey RT-MME-105592 August 2009 MEL 7.8 Aquatic Fauna Survey RT-MME-105593 August 2009 MEL 7.9 Reptile Survey RT-MME-105594 August–September 2009 MEL 7.10 Arboricultural survey RT-MME-106126 September 2010 MEL 7.11 Botanical Survey (Phase 2) 2013 RT-MME-113614-07 MEL September 2013 7.12 Bat Survey 2013 RT-MME -113614-06 October 2013 MEL 7.13 Breeding Bird Survey 2013 RT-MME-113614-05 September MEL 2013 7.14 Wintering Bird Survey 2013 RT-MME-113614-04 2013 MEL 7.15 Water Vole and Otter Survey 2013 RT-MME-113614-09 MEL October 2013 7.16 Phase 1 Habitat Survey Salisbury WWT boundary works MEL areaRT-MME-113614-10 January 2014 7.17 Biodiversity Enhancement Scheme MEL 7.18 Construction Ecological Protection Plan MEL 8.1 Phase I Desk Study Data Report Landmark Envirocheck 8.2 Phase II Site Investigation Report 2011 A F Howland Associates 9.1 Water Quality Survey 2011-2013 EPAL 9.2 Aquatic Invertebrate and Fish Data Environment Agency 13.1 Odour Report Air Quality Consultants 13.2 Verification and 2009 Sensitivity Tests Air Quality Consultants 15.1 Archaeology Desk-top Oxford Archaeology 15.2 Archaeology Site Evaluation Oxford Archaeology 17.1 Energy Strategy Synergy Salisbury Gateway Environmental Statement Volume 4: Appendices Appendix 2.1: Scoping Report EPAL Salisbury Gateway LLP Salisbury Gateway Development CONTENTS Page 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 PREAMBLE 1 1.2 SCREENING OPINION AND DIRECTION 1 1.3 BACKGROUND TO SCOPING OF THE EIA 3 2.0 METHODOLOGY AND SCOPE OF THE EIA 5 2.1 STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS 5 2.2 OVERALL APPROACH 6 2.3 EVALUATION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACTS 7 2.4 CONSULTATION 8 2.5 EIA TEAM 9 3.0 THE SITE AND PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT 10 3.1 THE SITE 11 3.2 OUTLINE OF THE DEVELOPMENT 12 3.3 TRANSPORT MATTERS 13 4.0 KEY ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED 4 4.1 INTRODUCTION 14 4.2 LANDSCAPE,TOWNSCAPE, AND VISUAL IMPACTS 14 4.3 ECOLOGY 15 4.4 ARCHAEOLOGY 21 4.6 TRANSPORT 23 4.7 NOISE AND VIBRATION 26 4.8 AIR QUALITY 29 4.9 FLOOD RISK AND WATER RESOURCES 30 4.10 SOIL CONTAMINATION AND GROUND CONDITIONS 33 4.11 SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS 34 4.12 WASTE MANAGEMENT AND ENERGY ISSUES 36 4.13 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS 37 5.0 THE INVENTORY OF EFFECTS 39 October 2011 Environmental Impact Assessment-Scoping report Salisbury Gateway LLP Salisbury Gateway Development 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Preamble An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is being undertaken of the proposals for a major retail development on Southampton Road (A36), Salisbury (the ‘Development’), Wiltshire. The site plan given in Appendix 1 shows the land (the ‘Site’) that is anticipated to be required for the redevelopment of the Salisbury Gateway Development. The Site is located to the south of the A36, an existing Tesco store, and a Park and Ride site. The EIA of the proposed Development will be undertaken in accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations, 2011 (the EIA Regulations 2011)1. The latter regulations implement into English Law EC Directive 85/337/EEC, as amended by Directive 97/11/EC, on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment. The regulations are supported by good practice guidance2. The findings of the EIA are reported in the form of an Environmental Statement (ES), which will be submitted with the planning application. 1.2 Screening Opinion and Direction In November 2010 a request for a screening opinion was made to Wiltshire Council in relation to a retail-led development at the Site. The proposal at that time was of a different form and content from the current scheme. Thus the information upon which the Council determined whether that scheme would constitute EIA development differed from the current proposals. Wiltshire Council issued a screening opinion on 21st December 2010, confirming that the proposal, in its form at that time, would constitute EIA development. Wiltshire Council concluded that: “the proposal falls within Schedule 2 of the Regulations, that it can be defined as being part of a sensitive area, and that the development as proposed is likely to have significant effects on that sensitive area. As a result, it is the opinion of the LPA that the proposal should be defined as EIA development as stipulated in the Regulations.” 1 The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2011 SI 2011 No. 1824, August 2011 2 DETR Environmental Impact Assessment A Guide to Procedures, November 2000 and Department of Communities and Local Government (2006) Amended Circular on Environmental Impact Assessment, Consultation paper June 2006 October 2011 Environmental Impact Assessment-Scoping Report 1 Salisbury Gateway LLP Salisbury Gateway Development Subsequently, a screening opinion was sought from the Secretary of State, under Regulation 6 of the EIA Regulations in force prior to August 20113, as to whether the retail store proposals constituted EIA development for the purposes of those regulations. The EIA Regulations 2011 are consistent with those previously in force on most matters, and the Screening Direction issued by the Government Office for the South West (GOSW) on 28th January 2011 applies with equal effect in relation to the EIA Regulations 20114. The Screening Direction confirmed the Screening Opinion of Wiltshire Council to the effect that the project is EIA Development, as follows: “The development proposed, although precise elements are yet to be fixed is expected to include a retail foodstore, petrol filling station, pub/restaurant, bespoke garden centre, parking for approximately 580 vehicles plus wildlife area, falls within the description at section 10(b) of Schedule 2 to the 1999 Regulations. The Secretary of State considers your client’s proposal to be ‘Schedule 2 development’ within the meaning of the 1999 Regulations and the proposal exceeds the threshold in column 2 of the table in Schedule 2 (10) to the 1999 Regulations.” Furthermore, in the opinion of the Secretary of State having taken into account the selection criteria in Schedule 3 to the 1999 Regulations that development would be likely to have significant effects on the environment, because of its nature, size and location having regard to the following points: (a) The site area of 8.5ha with a proposed development area of 3.9ha exceeds the threshold of 0.5 hectares in column 2 of schedule 2 (10) of the 1999 Regulations. (b) The proposal is near to a ‘sensitive area’ as defined in the Regulations with potential for significant effects upon the adjoining SAC/SSSI which will need to be carefully considered particularly in relation to the hydrological regime of the river. As a whole the development is likely to give rise to significant environmental effects sufficient to require an environmental impact assessment.” 3 Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/293) (The EIA Regulations), as amended by Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (England And Wales) Regulations 2008 4 The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2011 SI 2011 No. 1824, August 2011 October 2011 Environmental Impact Assessment-Scoping Report 2 Salisbury Gateway LLP Salisbury Gateway Development 1.3 Background to Scoping of the EIA The current proposals are described broad terms in Section 3.0 of this report. The scheme involves a different mix and quantum of retail floorspace, as well as changes in car parking, from the scheme upon which the Screening Opinion and Direction were based. In this sense then the EIA is being undertaken on a voluntary basis. Regulation 13 of the EIA Regulations 20114 provides for an applicant to request a “scoping opinion” from the local planning authority. This report is submitted Wiltshire Council to initiate the scoping process under regulation 13 of the EIA Regulations. It is noted that the Regulations do not specifically prescribe topics to be addressed in an EIA. However, Schedule 4 provides: “the aspects of the environment likely to be significantly affected by the development [may include] population, fauna, flora, soil, water, air, climatic factors, material assets, including the architectural and archaeological heritage, landscape and the inter-relationship between the above factors.” The main aims of the EIA process are summarised as follows: to assess the main effects arising from the construction and operation of the proposed development in relation to environmental media and sensitive environmental receptors; to assess the likely significant effects, taking account of measures that can be incorporated into the design to reduce adverse, or enhance beneficial effects (mitigation measures); to prepare an ES presenting the results of the EIA process; and to prepare a non-technical summary of the ES. The principal steps taken in preparing the ES will comprise the following: describing the proposed development; determining the scope of the EIA; describing baseline environmental conditions; predicting, and evaluating the likely significance of, environmental effects of the proposed development on sensitive receptors; and October 2011 Environmental Impact Assessment-Scoping Report 3 Salisbury Gateway LLP Salisbury Gateway Development determining measures to mitigate significant adverse environmental effects, and describing the residual effects of the proposed development.
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