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 | LA11 LA11: Staveley to Aston High Speed Two (HS2) Limited Two Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway, Birmingham B4 6GA Freephone: 08081 434 434 Minicom: 08081 456 472 Email: [email protected] H22 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 LA11: Staveley to Aston H22 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: LA11 Contents Preface vi Structure of the HS2 Phase 2b working draft Environmental Statement vii 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 33 2.4 Operation of the Proposed Scheme 74 2.5 Route section alternatives 75 3 Stakeholder engagement and consultation 77 3.1 Introduction 77 3.2 Key stages of Phase 2a engagement and consultation 77 3.3 Informing the Proposed Scheme 78 3.4 Engagement and consultation with stakeholder groups 79 4 Agriculture, forestry and soils 87 4.1 Introduction 87 4.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 87 4.3 Environmental baseline 88 4.4 Effects arising during construction 96 4.5 Effects arising from operation 106 5 Air quality 108 5.1 Introduction 108 5.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 108 5.3 Environmental baseline 109 5.4 Effects arising during construction 110 i High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA11 5.5 Effects arising from operation 112 6 Community 114 6.1 Introduction 114 6.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 114 6.3 Environmental baseline 115 6.4 Effects arising during construction 117 6.5 Effects arising from operation 124 7 Ecology and biodiversity 125 7.1 Introduction 125 7.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 125 7.3 Environmental baseline 125 7.4 Effects arising during construction 134 7.5 Effects arising during operation 144 8 Health 146 8.1 Introduction 146 8.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 146 8.3 Environmental baseline 147 8.4 Effects arising during construction 150 8.5 Effects arising from operation 156 9 Historic environment 158 9.1 Introduction 158 9.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 158 9.3 Environmental baseline 160 9.4 Effects arising during construction 166 9.5 Effects arising from operation 169 10 Land quality 171 10.1 Introduction 171 10.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 171 10.3 Environmental baseline 172 10.4 Effects arising during construction 186 10.5 Effects arising from operation 196 11 Landscape and visual 198 11.1 Introduction 198 11.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 198 11.3 Environmental baseline 199 11.4 Temporary effects arising during construction 212 11.5 Permanent effects arising from operation 222 12 Socio-economics 232 12.1 Introduction 232 12.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 232 ii High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA11 12.3 Environmental baseline 232 12.4 Effects arising during construction 235 12.5 Effects arising from operation 238 13 Sound, noise and vibration 240 13.1 Introduction 240 13.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 241 13.3 Environmental baseline 241 13.4 Effects arising during construction 242 13.5 Effects arising from operation 246 14 Traffic and transport 251 14.1 Introduction 251 14.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 251 14.3 Environmental baseline 252 14.4 Effects arising during construction 255 14.5 Effects arising from operation 262 15 Water resources and flood risk 268 15.1 Introduction 268 15.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 268 15.3 Environmental baseline 269 15.4 Effects arising during construction 283 15.5 Effects arising from operation 292 16 References 294 List of figures Figure 1: Structure of the working draft Environmental Statement x Figure 2: The HS2 Phase 2b route and community areas 2 Figure 3: Community area context map 7 Figure 4: Key permanent features of route of the Proposed Scheme (main line) in the Staveley to Aston area (not to scale) 14 Figure 5: Key permanent features of route of the Proposed Scheme (Staveley spur) in the Staveley to Aston area (not to scale) 15 Figure 6: Location of construction compounds in the Staveley to Aston area 38 Figure 7: Construction compounds for civil engineering works 41 Figure 8: Construction compounds for railway systems works 43 Figure 9: Indicative construction programme between 2023 and 2033 64 Figure 10: Business sector composition in the RMBC, BDC and CBC areas and the Yorkshire and the Humber region 233 Figure 11: Employment by industrial sector in the RMBC, BDC and CBC areas and the Yorkshire and the Humber region 234 iii High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA11 List of tables Table 1: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Wales South cutting main compound 44 Table 2: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the M1 motorway North viaduct satellite compound 46 Table 3: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Mastin Moor cutting satellite compound 46 Table 4: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Barlborough cutting satellite compound 48 Table 5: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Woodall Common cutting satellite compound 50 Table 6: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Nicker Wood embankment satellite compound 52 Table 7: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Aston South embankment satellite compound 53 Table 8: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Staveley East embankment satellite compound 55 Table 9: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the A619 Lowgates Road overbridge satellite compound 57 Table 10: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Staveley West cutting satellite compound 57 Table 11: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Staveley IMD South chord satellite compound 59 Table 12: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Staveley IMD satellite compound 59 Table 13: Mechanisms and timeline of stakeholder engagement since route announcement 77 Table 14: Engagement to date with community stakeholders 80 Table 15: Engagement to date with local authorities and parish councils 81 Table 16: Summary of characteristics of holdings 95 Table 17: Summary of temporary effects on holdings from construction 100 Table 18: Summary of permanent effects on holdings from construction 103 Table 19: Species potentially relevant to the assessment within the Staveley to Aston area 132 Table 20: Residual significant effects on ecological resources/features during construction 142 Table 21: Residual significant effects on ecological resources/features during operation 145 Table 22: Summary of the geology underlying the land quality study area 173 Table 23: Current and historical landfill sites located in the study area 179 Table 24: Current and historical mining, mineral sites and colliery spoil sites located in the study area 179 Table 25: Current and historical industrial/commercial sites located within the study area 182 Table 26: Summary of sensitive receptors 185 Table 27: Summary of baseline CSM for sites which may pose a contaminative risk for the Proposed Scheme 188 Table 28: Summary of construction CSM effects 192 Table 29: Summary of permanent (post-construction) effects 193 Table 30: Summary of effects for mining and mineral resources