Wylfa Newydd Project A5025 On-Line Highway Improvements
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ENERGY WORKING FOR BRITAIN FOR WORKING ENERGY Wylfa Newydd Project A5025 On-line Highway Improvements Welsh Language Impact Assessment APPLICATION November 2017 Wylfa Newydd Project Welsh Language Impact Assessment A5025 On-line Highway Improvements Contents 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Purpose of this document ................................................................................ 1 1.2 Background ..................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Horizon Nuclear Power Wylfa Limited ............................................................. 1 1.4 The Wylfa Newydd Project .............................................................................. 1 Wylfa Newydd DCO Project ............................................................................. 1 Licensable Marine Activities ............................................................................ 3 Enabling Works ................................................................................................ 3 1.5 The A5025 Highway Improvements ................................................................. 3 1.6 Scoping of this WLIA ....................................................................................... 9 1.7 Other studies ................................................................................................. 10 1.8 Structure of the report .................................................................................... 10 2 The Proposed Development .......................................................................... 11 2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 11 Programme .................................................................................................... 11 Workforce ...................................................................................................... 11 Contractor for the Proposed Development .................................................... 12 3 Approach to assessment of effects ................................................................ 15 3.2 Study area ..................................................................................................... 17 4 Welsh language profile .................................................................................. 21 4.2 Welsh speakers ............................................................................................. 21 4.3 Welsh language skills .................................................................................... 25 4.4 Overview of communities along the route of the Proposed Development ...... 26 Valley ............................................................................................................. 26 Llanynghenedl ............................................................................................... 27 Llanfachraeth ................................................................................................. 27 Llanfaethlu ..................................................................................................... 27 Llanrhuddlad .................................................................................................. 28 5 Assessment of effects .................................................................................... 29 5.1 Population characteristics .............................................................................. 29 Q1. Is the Proposed Development likely to lead to a population increase/decrease that might: ........................................................................ 29 Q2. Is the Proposed Development likely to lead to increased in-migration? .. 32 Q3. Is the Proposed Development likely to lead to increased out-migration? 33 Q4. Is the Proposed Development likely to lead to a changing age structure of the community? Might it: ................................................................................ 34 5.2 Quality of life .................................................................................................. 35 Q5. Is the Proposed Development likely to have an effect on the health of local people? Might it: ........................................................................................... 35 Q6. Is the Proposed Development likely to have an effect on the amenity of the local area? Might it: ....................................................................................... 37 © Horizon Nuclear Power Wylfa Limited Page i Welsh Language Impact Assessment Wylfa Newydd Project A5025 On-line Highway Improvements Q7. Is the Proposed Development likely to lead to the threat of increased crime or violence in the community? Might it: ......................................................... 39 5.3 Economic factors ........................................................................................... 40 Q8. Is the Proposed Development likely to have a detrimental effect on local businesses? Might it: .................................................................................... 40 Q9. Is the Proposed Development likely to have a detrimental effect on local jobs? Might it:................................................................................................ 46 Q10. Is the Proposed Development likely to lead to greater economic diversity? Might it: .......................................................................................................... 49 Q.11 Is the Proposed Development likely to have an effect on local wage/salary levels? Might it: ............................................................................................. 51 Q12. Is the Proposed Development likely to have an effect on the average cost of housing? Might it: ...................................................................................... 52 5.4 Infrastructure supply ...................................................................................... 54 Q13. Is the Proposed Development likely to have an effect on local schools? Might it: .......................................................................................................... 54 Q14. Is the Proposed Development likely to have an effect on health care provision? Might it: ........................................................................................ 56 Q15. Is the Proposed Development likely to have an effect on the provision of local services, such as shops/post offices/banks/pubs? Might it:................... 57 5.5 Social and cultural aspects ............................................................................ 60 Q16. Would the Proposed Development potentially lead to social tensions, conflict or serious divisions within the Welsh-speaking community? Might it: 60 Q17. Would the Proposed Development potentially lead to changes in local Welsh traditions/culture? Might it: .................................................................. 61 Q.18 Is the Proposed Development likely to have a potential effect on local voluntary/activity/youth groups? Might it: ....................................................... 62 5.6 Overall impact assessment index .................................................................. 64 5.7 Summary of mitigation and enhancement measures ..................................... 66 6 Cumulative effects ......................................................................................... 68 6.1 Intra-development effects .............................................................................. 68 6.2 Intra-project effects ........................................................................................ 68 6.3 Inter-project effects ........................................................................................ 68 7 Summary and conclusions ............................................................................. 70 8 References .................................................................................................... 72 © Horizon Nuclear Power Wylfa Limited Page ii Wylfa Newydd Project Welsh Language Impact Assessment A5025 On-line Highway Improvements List of Tables Table 3-1 National and local planning policy guidance ............................................ 15 Table 4-1 Number and proportion of Welsh speakers (aged three and over) by area in 2001 and 2011 ........................................................................................... 21 Table 4-2 Number and proportion of Welsh speakers (aged three and over) by community council boundary in 2011 ............................................................. 23 Table 4-3 Number and proportion of people (aged three and over) who could speak Welsh, by age group, within the three wards along the A5025 (Valley, Llanfaethlu and Mechell), in 2001 and 2011 .................................................. 24 Table 4-4 Number and proportion of people (aged three and over) who could speak Welsh, by age group, on Anglesey, in 2001 and 2011................................... 24 Table 4-5 Number and proportion of people aged three and over with skills in Welsh by area in 2001 and 2011 .............................................................................. 25 Table 5-1 Business receptors within the local study area ........................................ 43 Table 5-2 Community receptors within the local study area ...................................