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HILL BARTON ENERGY RECOVERY FACILITY Site Condition Report Environmental Permit Application Prepared for: Stuart Partners Limited Client Ref:416.05631.00007 SLR Ref: 416.05631.00007 Version No: 1 July 2020 Stuart Partners Limited Site Condition Report SLR Ref No:416.05631.00007 Filename: 200701_416.05631.00007_Hill_Barton_SCR_final July 2020 BASIS OF REPORT This document has been prepared by SLR Consulting Limited with reasonable skill, care and diligence, and taking account of the manpower, timescales and resources devoted to it by agreement with Exeter Waste to Energy Limited (the Client) as part or all of the services it has been appointed by the Client to carry out. It is subject to the terms and conditions of that appointment. SLR shall not be liable for the use of or reliance on any information, advice, recommendations and opinions in this document for any purpose by any person other than the Client. 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Stuart Partners Limited Site Condition Report SLR Ref No:416.05631.00007 Filename: 200701_416.05631.00007_Hill_Barton_SCR_final July 2020 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 1 SITE CONDITION REPORT ................................................................................................. 2 DOCUMENT REFERENCES DRAWINGS Drawing 001 Site Location Plan Drawing 002 Site Layout and Environmental Permit Boundary Drawing 003 Environmental Site Setting Drawing FPP1 Fire Prevention Plan Drawing PDL-301 Preliminary Drainage Layout EA Nature and Heritage Conservation Screening Report and Maps APPENDICES Appendix SCR1: Photographs Appendix SCR2: Envirocheck Report . Stuart Partners Limited Site Condition Report SLR Ref No:416.05631.00007 Filename: 200701_416.05631.00007_Hill_Barton_SCR_final July 2020 INTRODUCTION Stuart Partners Limited has instructed SLR Consulting Limited (SLR) to prepare a Site Condition Report (SCR) in support of an Environmental Permit (EP) application for the proposed Hill Barton Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) Site in Exeter, hereafter referred to as ‘the Site’. This SCR has been prepared in accordance with the Environment Agency’s (EA) H5 Guidance Note on SCR1. The objective of the SCR is to report and describe ground conditions at the Site before operations commence and at the point of surrender. The SCR is used to provide a baseline of environmental data so that Exeter Waste can demonstrate that there has been no deterioration in the condition of the land at the point of surrender and enable them to ensure the Site is in a ‘satisfactory state’ prior to the surrender of the permit. Sections 1-3 of the SCR template provided by the EA have been completed in this document and cover the following characteristics of the Site: • Site Details e.g. location; • Condition of Land at EP Issue; and • Permitted Activities. Sections 4 to 7 of the SCR template will be maintained during the life of the EP and Sections 8 to 10 will be completed and submitted in support of the application to surrender the EP. ______________________ 1 H5 Site Condition Report – Guidance and Templates, May 2013 1 Stuart Partners Limited Site Condition Report SLR Ref No:416.05631.00007 Filename: 200701_416.05631.00007_Hill_Barton_SCR_final July 2020 SITE CONDITION REPORT 1.0 SITE DETAILS Name of the applicant Exeter Waste to Energy Limited Activity address Hill Barton Energy Recovery Facility, Hill Barton Business Park, Stuart Way, Exeter, EX5 1DR National grid reference SY 00404 91236 Document reference and dates 416.05631.00007/SCR, July 2020 – for a Bespoke Environmental Permit Application. for Site Condition Report at permit application and surrender Document references for site Drawing 001 Site Location Plan plans (including location and Drawing 002 Site Layout and Environmental Permit Boundary boundaries) Drawing 003 Environmental Site Setting Drawing FPP1 Fire Prevention Plan Drawing PDL-301 Preliminary Drainage Layout EA Nature and Heritage Conservation Screening Report and Maps Note: In Part A of the application form you must give us details of the site’s location and provide us with a site plan. We need a detailed site plan (or plans) showing: • Site location, the area covered by the site condition report, and the location and nature of the activities and/or waste facilities on the site. • Locations of receptors, sources of emissions/releases, and monitoring points. • Site drainage. • Site surfacing. If this information is not shown on the site plan required by Part A of the application form then you should submit the additional plan or plans with this site condition report. 2 Stuart Partners Limited Site Condition Report SLR Ref No:416.05631.00007 Filename: 200701_416.05631.00007_Hill_Barton_SCR_final July 2020 2.0 Condition of the land at permit issue Environmental setting Geology including: A Geology Report provided by Envirocheck2 shows that the Site lies on the following geological sequence: • geology • A bedrock layer of Exmouth Mudstone and Sandstone Formation – Mudstone. • hydrogeology This bedrock is indicative of a historically fluvial environment. • surface waters • A superficial geological sequence comprising Quaternary Head Sand with Clay and Gravel on the northern tip of the site. There is no superficial deposit data recorded for the rest of the site. Hydrogeology I. Aquifer Status Searches on the Multi-Agency Geographical Information for the Countryside (MAGIC) Map3 reveal that the Mudstone bedrock is a Secondary B Aquifer which is defined by the EA as “low permeability strata which may in part have the ability to store and yield limited amounts of groundwater”4. The MAGIC Map further reveals that the superficial head deposits in the north of the site are classified as a Secondary A Aquifer, which is defined as “strata capable of supporting water supplies at a local rather than strategic scale and in some cases forming an important source of base flow to rivers”5. II. Groundwater Vulnerability Searches on MAGIC map show that the northern tip of the Site lies within a Minor Aquifer Intermediate Groundwater Vulnerability Zone. The remainder of the Site is not within a Groundwater Vulnerability Zone. III. Source Protection Zone MAGIC Map shows that the Site does not lie within a Source Protection Zone (SPZ). The nearest SPZ lies approximately 450m south and comprises an Outer Protection Zone, Zone II. Hydrology I. Catchment The Site lies within the Catchment of the River Exe. There are several surface water features within 500m of the site: • Pond, 40m East; • Stream, 105m North, East and West; • Pond, 125m South; • Pond, 310m West; • Pond, 360m South West; ______________________ 2 Envirocheck Report for Site Sensitivity, Geology & Historic Maps, 28th November 2017, www.envirocheck.co.uk 3 Multi-Agency Geographical Information for the Countryside (MAGIC) Map, www.magic.gov.uk, accessed November 2019 4 EA, Data.gov.uk Aquifer Designation Map (Bedrock Geology), accessed November 2019 5 EA, Data.gov.uk Aquifer Designation Map (Superficial Deposits), accessed November 2019 3 Stuart Partners Limited Site Condition Report SLR Ref No:416.05631.00007 Filename: 200701_416.05631.00007_Hill_Barton_SCR_final July 2020 • Pond, 420m North; • Pond, 425m North East; • Pond, 430m North East; and • Pond, 445m South West. Flooding The Flood Map for Planning6 confirms that the site lies within Flood Zone 1, which is defined by the government as “land having a less than 1 in 1,000 annual probability of river or sea flooding”. Pollution history including: Pollution History On-Site • pollution incidents that There are no recorded pollution incidents on Site. may have affected land • historical land-uses and Off-Site associated contaminants A review of the Envirocheck report reveals that there is one pollution incident under the • any visual/olfactory Substantiated Pollution Incident Register within 100m of the Site. The incident (ref. evidence of existing 1029428), located 86m southeast, occurred on 22nd August 2012 and had a significant contamination impact on air quality through the release of pollutants and odour. • evidence of damage to pollution prevention Relevant Planning Consents measures 89/P1035 – Planning consent was granted by East Devon District Council on 27th April 1989 for the conversion of fields to a Tip for Inert Waste. 03/P1438 – East Devon District Council gave consent for the creation of a road, drainage and a security fence within Hill Barton Business Park on 2nd July 2004.