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 | LA06 LA06: Stapleford to Nuthall High Speed Two (HS2) Limited Two Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway, Birmingham B4 6GA Freephone: 08081 434 434 Minicom: 08081 456 472 Email: [email protected] H17 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 LA06: Stapleford to Nuthall H17 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: LA06 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 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 44 2.5 Route section alternatives 45 3 Stakeholder engagement and consultation 48 3.1 Introduction 48 3.2 Key stages of Phase 2b engagement and consultation 48 3.3 Informing the Proposed Scheme 49 3.4 Engagement and consultation with stakeholder groups 50 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 64 4.5 Effects arising from operation 73 5 Air quality 74 5.1 Introduction 74 5.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 74 5.3 Environmental baseline 75 5.4 Effects arising during construction 76 i High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA06 5.5 Effects arising from operation 78 6 Community 80 6.1 Introduction 80 6.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 80 6.3 Environmental baseline 81 6.4 Effects arising during construction 84 6.5 Effects arising from operation 90 7 Ecology and biodiversity 92 7.1 Introduction 92 7.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 92 7.3 Environmental baseline 92 7.4 Effects arising during construction 101 7.5 Effects arising during operation 114 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 128 9 Historic environment 129 9.1 Introduction 129 9.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 129 9.3 Environmental baseline 131 9.4 Effects arising during construction 135 9.5 Effects arising from operation 137 10 Land quality 139 10.1 Introduction 139 10.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 139 10.3 Environmental baseline 140 10.4 Effects arising during construction 154 10.5 Effects arising from operation 164 11 Landscape and visual 166 11.1 Introduction 166 11.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 166 11.3 Environmental baseline 168 11.4 Temporary effects arising during construction 178 11.5 Permanent effects arising from operation 186 12 Socio-economics 197 12.1 Introduction 197 12.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 197 ii High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA06 12.3 Environmental baseline 197 12.4 Effects arising during construction 200 12.5 Effects arising from operation 204 13 Sound, noise and vibration 206 13.1 Introduction 206 13.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 207 13.3 Environmental baseline 207 13.4 Effects arising during construction 208 13.5 Effects arising from operation 211 14 Traffic and transport 216 14.1 Introduction 216 14.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 216 14.3 Environmental baseline 217 14.4 Effects arising during construction 220 14.5 Effects arising from operation 225 15 Water resources and flood risk 230 15.1 Introduction 230 15.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 230 15.3 Environmental baseline 231 15.4 Effects arising during construction 240 15.5 Effects arising from operation 249 16 References 250 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 Stapleford to Nuthall area 28 Figure 5: Construction compounds for civil engineering works 30 Figure 6: Construction compounds for railway systems works 31 Figure 7: Indicative construction programme between 2023 and 2033 42 Figure 8: Business sector composition in the BBC area and the East Midlands 198 Figure 9: Employment by industrial sector in the BBC area and the East Midlands 199 List of tables Table 1: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the B5010 Derby Road satellite compound 32 Table 2: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Stanton Gate main compound 32 Table 3: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Trowell and A609 Nottingham Road satellite compound 35 iii High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA06 Table 4: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Trowell and Waterloo Lane satellite compound 36 Table 5: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Strelley tunnel north main compound 38 Table 6: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Nuthall satellite compound 39 Table 7: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Westville embankment satellite compound 39 Table 8: Consideration of local alternatives for route of the Proposed Scheme through Strelley 45 Table 9: Mechanisms and timeline of stakeholder engagement since route announcement 48 Table 10: Engagement to date with community stakeholders 50 Table 11: Engagement to date with local authorities and parish councils 52 Table 12: Summary of characteristics of holdings 63 Table 13: Summary of temporary effects on holdings from construction 69 Table 14: Summary of permanent effects on holdings from construction 70 Table 15: Species potentially relevant to the assessment within the Stapleford to Nuthall area 99 Table 16: Residual significant effects on ecological resources/features during construction 111 Table 17: Residual significant effects on ecological resources/features during operation 115 Table 18: Summary of the geology underlying the land quality study area 141 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 Key current and historical industrial sites located within the study area 148 Table 22: Summary of sensitive receptors 153 Table 23: Summary of baseline CSM for sites which may pose a contaminative risk for the Proposed Scheme 156 Table 24: Summary of construction CSM effects 159 Table 25: Summary of permanent (post-construction) effects 161 Table 26: Summary of effects for mining and mineral resources 164 Table 27: Summary of significantly affected LCAs 170 Table 28: Summary description and assessment of effect on LCAs 180 Table 29: Construction phase potentially significant visual effects 183 Table 30: Operational phase significant landscape effects 188 Table 31: Operation phase significant visual effects 191 Table 32: Resources which would potentially experience significant direct effects 202 Table 33: Significance of effects on resources 203 Table 34: Surface water body receptors 232 Table 35: Summary of geology and hydrogeology in the study area 233 Table 36: River flood risk sources and receptors 239 Table 37: Surface water flood risk sources and receptors 239 iv High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA06 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.