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 | LA17 LA17: Stourton to Hunslet High Speed Two (HS2) Limited Two Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway, Birmingham B4 6GA Freephone: 08081 434 434 Minicom: 08081 456 472 Email: [email protected] H28 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 LA17: Stourton to Hunslet H28 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: LA17 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 20 2.4 Operation of the Proposed Scheme 47 2.5 Route section alternatives 48 3 Stakeholder engagement and consultation 49 3.1 Introduction 49 3.2 Key stages of Phase 2b engagement and consultation 49 3.3 Informing the Proposed Scheme 50 3.4 Engagement and consultation with stakeholder groups 51 4 Agriculture, forestry and soils 56 4.1 Introduction 56 4.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 56 4.3 Environmental baseline 57 4.4 Effects arising during construction 61 4.5 Effects arising from operation 65 5 Air quality 66 5.1 Introduction 66 5.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 66 5.3 Environmental baseline 67 5.4 Effects arising during construction 68 i High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA17 5.5 Effects arising from operation 70 6 Community 72 6.1 Introduction 72 6.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 72 6.3 Environmental baseline 73 6.4 Effects arising during construction 75 6.5 Effects arising from operation 78 7 Ecology and biodiversity 80 7.1 Introduction 80 7.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 80 7.3 Environmental baseline 80 7.4 Effects arising during construction 85 7.5 Effects arising during operation 93 8 Health 95 8.1 Introduction 95 8.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 95 8.3 Environmental baseline 97 8.4 Effects arising during construction 98 8.5 Effects arising from operation 104 9 Historic environment 105 9.1 Introduction 105 9.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 105 9.3 Environmental baseline 107 9.4 Effects arising during construction 111 9.5 Effects arising from operation 114 10 Land quality 116 10.1 Introduction 116 10.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 116 10.3 Environmental baseline 117 10.4 Effects arising during construction 129 10.5 Effects arising from operation 138 11 Landscape and visual 139 11.1 Introduction 139 11.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 139 11.3 Environmental baseline 141 11.4 Temporary effects arising during construction 145 11.5 Permanent effects arising from operation 150 12 Socio-economics 155 12.1 Introduction 155 12.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 155 ii High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA17 12.3 Environmental baseline 155 12.4 Effects arising during construction 158 12.5 Effects arising from operation 162 13 Sound, noise and vibration 164 13.1 Introduction 164 13.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 165 13.3 Environmental baseline 165 13.4 Effects arising during construction 166 13.5 Effects arising from operation 169 14 Traffic and transport 173 14.1 Introduction 173 14.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 173 14.3 Environmental baseline 173 14.4 Effects arising during construction 177 14.5 Effects arising from operation 184 15 Water resources and flood risk 188 15.1 Introduction 188 15.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 188 15.3 Environmental baseline 189 15.4 Effects arising during construction 197 15.5 Effects arising from operation 205 16 References 207 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: Stourton to Hunslet community area context map 7 Figure 4: Location of construction compounds in the Stourton to Hunslet area 24 Figure 5: Construction compounds for civil engineering works 27 Figure 6: Construction compounds for civil engineering works. 28 Figure 7: Construction compounds for railway systems installation works. 29 Figure 8: Indicative construction programme between 2023 and 2033 41 Figure 9: Business sector composition in LCC area and the Yorkshire and the Humber Region 156 Figure 10: Employment by Industrial Sector in the LCC area and the Yorkshire and the Humber Region 157 iii High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA17 List of tables Table 1: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Aire & Calder Navigation embankment main compound 30 Table 2: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the A639 Wakefield Road overbridge satellite compound 33 Table 3: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Pepper Road overbridge satellite compound 34 Table 4: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Balm Road overbridge satellite compound 35 Table 5: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Beza Street overbridge satellite compound 36 Table 6: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the A61 Hunslet Distributor Road overbridge satellite compound 37 Table 7: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the M621 Junction 4 from Junction 3 overbridge satellite compound 38 Table 8: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Leeds East Rolling Stock Depot satellite compound 39 Table 9: Mechanisms and timeline of stakeholder engagement since route announcement 49 Table 10: Engagement to date with community stakeholders 51 Table 11: Engagement to date with local authorities 52 Table 12: Species potentially relevant to the assessment within the Stourton to Hunslet area 84 Table 13: Residual significant effects on ecological resources/features during construction 92 Table 14: Residual significant effects on ecological resources/features during operation 94 Table 15: Summary of the geology underlying the land quality study area 118 Table 16: Current and historical landfill sites located within the study area 123 Table 17: Current and historical mining, mineral sites and colliery spoil sites located within the study area 124 Table 18: Current and historical industrial sites identified with a high risk of potential contamination located within the study area 124 Table 19: Summary of sensitive receptors 128 Table 20: Summary of baseline CSM for sites which may pose a contaminative risk for the Proposed Scheme 132 Table 21: Summary of construction CSM effects 133 Table 22: Summary of effects for mining and mineral resources 137 Table 23: Summary of significantly affected LCAs 143 Table 24: Summary description and assessment of effects on LCAs 147 Table 25: Construction phase significant visual effects 148 Table 26: Operational phase significant landscape effects 151 Table 27: Operational phase significant visual effects 153 Table 28: Resources which could potentially experience significant direct effects 161 Table 29: Significance of effects on resources 161 Table 30: Surface water body receptors 190 Table 31: Summary of geology and hydrogeology in the study area 191 Table 32: River flood risk sources and receptors 194 Table 33: Surface water flood risk sources and receptors 195 iv High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA17 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.