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BARNBURGH VIEW, GOLDTHORPE, PHASE 3 Proposed Residential Development Air Quality Assessment Prepared for: Gleeson Developments Ltd SLR Ref: 410.03044.00169 Version No: Rev2 November 2020 Gleeson Developments Ltd Barnburgh View, Goldthorpe, Phase 3: Air Quality SLR Ref No: 410.03044.00169 Assessment November 2020 Filename: 410.03044.00169 Barnburgh View Goldthorpe Phase 3 AQA_REV2 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 Gleeson Developments Ltd (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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Page i Gleeson Developments Ltd Barnburgh View, Goldthorpe, Phase 3: Air Quality SLR Ref No: 410.03044.00169 Assessment November 2020 Filename: 410.03044.00169 Barnburgh View Goldthorpe Phase 3 AQA_REV2 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Scope ........................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Structure of Report ................................................................................................................... 1 RELEVANT AIR QUALITY LEGISLATION AND GUIDANCE ..................................................... 3 2.1 Air Quality Strategy ................................................................................................................... 3 2.2 Air Quality Standards ................................................................................................................ 3 2.3 Local Air Quality Management .................................................................................................. 4 2.4 General Nuisance Legislation .................................................................................................... 4 2.5 Planning Policy .......................................................................................................................... 4 2.6 Assessment Guidance ............................................................................................................... 6 ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY ......................................................................................... 9 3.1 Construction Phase Dust Assessment ....................................................................................... 9 3.2 Construction Road Traffic Emissions Screening ........................................................................ 9 3.3 Development Classification ..................................................................................................... 10 3.4 Baseline Review – Exposure Assessment ................................................................................ 11 3.5 Traffic Emissions Assessment .................................................................................................. 11 BASELINE ENVIRONMENT .............................................................................................. 12 4.1 Location .................................................................................................................................. 12 4.2 Sensitive Receptors ................................................................................................................. 12 4.3 Baseline Air Quality ................................................................................................................. 12 4.4 Meteorology ........................................................................................................................... 14 4.5 DEFRA PCM ............................................................................................................................. 15 ASSESSMENT OF DUST EFFECTS AND SIGNIFICANCE: CONSTRUCTION PHASE .................. 17 5.1 Construction Dust Assessment ............................................................................................... 17 5.2 Construction Phase – Vehicular Pollutants ............................................................................. 21 BASELINE SITE SUITABILITY REVIEW ............................................................................... 22 6.1 BMBC Air Quality and Emissions Good Practice Planning Guidance – Exposure Assessment . 22 6.2 Significance of Air Quality Impacts .......................................................................................... 22 . Page ii Gleeson Developments Ltd Barnburgh View, Goldthorpe, Phase 3: Air Quality SLR Ref No: 410.03044.00169 Assessment November 2020 Filename: 410.03044.00169 Barnburgh View Goldthorpe Phase 3 AQA_REV2 OPERATIONAL PHASE SCREENING ASSESSMENT ............................................................. 24 7.1 Trip Generation ....................................................................................................................... 24 7.2 Screening Assessment – Consideration of Potential Impacts.................................................. 24 MITIGATION .................................................................................................................. 25 8.1 Construction Dust Phase ......................................................................................................... 25 8.2 Construction Phase Road Traffic Emissions ............................................................................ 25 8.3 Construction Phase NRMM Emissions .................................................................................... 25 8.4 Operational Phase ................................................................................................................... 25 CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................................... 27 APPENDIX A – CONSTRUCTION DUST ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY ........................................ 30 Predicting Risk................................................................................................................................... 30 Sensitivity of Receptor ...................................................................................................................... 30 Assessment of Impact Significance – Dust Effects ............................................................................ 34 Defining the Risk of Impact ............................................................................................................... 35 . Page iii Gleeson Developments Ltd Barnburgh View, Goldthorpe, Phase 3: Air Quality SLR Ref No: 410.03044.00169 Assessment November 2020 Filename: 410.03044.00169 Barnburgh View Goldthorpe Phase 3 AQA_REV2 DOCUMENT REFERENCES TABLES Table 2-1 Relevant Air Quality Strategy Standards and Objectives ..................................................... 3 Table 2-2 Relevant Public Exposure ..................................................................................................... 4 Table 4-1 DEFRA 2018 Mapped Background Concentrations – Grid Square x446500, y403500 ....... 14 Table 5-1 Potential Dust Emission Magnitude ................................................................................... 17 Table 5-2 Sensitivity of the Area ........................................................................................................ 19 Table 5-3 Risk of Dust Impacts ........................................................................................................... 19 Table 5-4 Construction Dust Mitigation Measures ............................................................................ 20 Table 7-1 Trip Generation .................................................................................................................. 24 Table A-1 Methodology for Defining Sensitivity to Dust Effects ........................................................ 31 FIGURES Figure 4-1 Wind rose for Robin Hood (Doncaster Sheffield) Airport (2019) ...................................... 15 Figure 4-2 DEFRA PCM Mapping Output ............................................................................................ 16 APPENDICES Appendix A – Construction Dust Assessment