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Page 1 of 1 11/06/2018 File:///D:/Adlib%20Express/Work Page 1 of 1 From: Emily Disken Sent: 11/06/2018 11:41:46 To: Contact Planning; Sukhi Dhadwar Subject: EPF/1494/18 - North Weald Park Attachments: ES Vol 1 Main Text North Weald v1.3.pdf Dear Sir / Madam, Find attached Volume 1 (Main Text) of the Environmental Statement prepared by Entran to supersede the previous document submitted as part of the original application. Please could you could acknowledge the receipt of this additional document. Kind regards, Emily Emily Disken Graduate Planner Montagu Evans LLP 5 Bolton Street, London W1J 8BA Direct: 020 7866 7613 Mobile: 07818 012487 Switchboard: 020 7493 4002 Email: [email protected] Website: www.montagu-evans.co.uk This e-mail is intended solely for the person to whom it is addressed. It may contain confidential or privileged information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and destroy the transmission. You must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it. Montagu Evans LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales. Registered number OC312072. A list of members' names is available for inspection at the registered office 5 Bolton Street, London W1J 8BA. file:///D:/Adlib%20Express/Work/20180611T120501.531/20180611T120501.905/d5e913f2-ab7... 11/06/2018 ` Quinn Estates North Weald Park, Epping Environmental Statement: Volume 1, Main Text Quinn Estates North Weald Park, Epping Environmental Statement: Volume 1, Main Text Revision Date Notes Author Checked Approved 1.2 25/05/18 E1927 Various Alison Banks Dr Nick Davey 1.3 30/05/18 E1927 Various Alison Banks Dr Nick Davey Entran Limited 7 Greenway Farm Bath Road Wick Bristol BS30 5RL T: 0117 937 4077 www.entranltd.co.uk ii - CONTENTS PAGE 1 Introduction 1 2 The Site and Surroundings 6 3 Environmental Impact Assessment Methodology 8 4 Alternatives and Design Evolution 12 5 The Proposed Development 14 6 Development Programme and Construction 25 7 Transport and Access 40 8 Air Quality 101 9 Noise and Vibration 146 10 Landscape and Visual Amenity 180 11 Ecology and Nature Conservation 291 12 Water Quality, Hydrology and Flood Risk 347 13 Soils, Geology and Contaminated Land 390 14 Archaeology and Cultural Heritage 415 15 Conclusions 434 i 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Quinn Estates (henceforth known as ‘the Applicant’) is seeking to obtain planning permission for a mixed-use development including residential dwellings, commercial units, educational and community facilities (the ‘Proposed Development’) at a site located at the former North Weald Golf Course to the north of North Weald Bassett (the ‘Site’). The Site location is identified in Figure 1.1. 1.2 The Proposed Development will comprise the following: “Hybrid planning application with outline planning permission (all matters reserved except for points of access) sought for up to 555 dwellings, including affordable and key worker housing; a 70-bed retirement accommodation (Class C3) and a 70-bed extra care / nursing care accommodation (Class C2); a two-form entry primary school with associated outdoor space and vehicle parking; a Special Educational Needs centre; Class D1 medical facilities; a local centre comprising a Class A1 retail space of up to 500 sq m and a community centre of up to 300 sq m; a sports hub with associated open-air sports pitches, a sports pavilion of up to 400 sq m; a scouts hut facility; B1 office space of up to 3,744 sq m; and formal and informal open space incorporating SuDS, a new Country Park, new planting / landscaping and ecological enhancement works; points of access including new roundabout on the A414. Full planning permission is sought for the erection of 135 dwellings including affordable housing (40%), open space, associated access off Rayley Lane and internal circulation roads, vehicle parking, associated services, infrastructure, landscaping and associated SuDS. “For clarity - the total number of conventional dwellings proposed across the site is up to 690.” 1.3 The planning application is a hybrid planning application comprising an outline planning application (with all matters reserved except for means of access), together with a detailed application for an initial development phase – Phase 1. 1.4 The ES identifies and records the results of assessments of the construction and operational phases of the Proposed Development and considers the potentially significant environmental effects the Proposed Development will create. The ES suggests a range of measures to mitigate the identified effects and, where opportunities exist, to introduce improvement measures. 1 Figure 1.1: Site Location LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR THE EIA 1.5 This ES has been prepared in accordance with the requirements set out in The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (hereafter referred to as the EIA Regulations) (Ref. 1.1). 1.6 The EIA Regulations require that, before consent is granted for certain types of development, an EIA must be undertaken. The EIA Regulations set out the types of development which must always be subject to an EIA (Schedule 1 development) and other 2 developments which may require assessment if they give rise to significant environmental impacts (Schedule 2). The reporting of an EIA takes the form of an Environmental Statement (ES). 1.7 Following consultation with relevant statutory bodies and a review of potential environmental impacts, Epping Forest District Council (EFDC) concluded that an EIA is required for the Proposed Development. STRUCTURE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT 1.8 The ES has been prepared on behalf of the Applicant, by a team of specialist consultants and also draws on existing studies and information where necessary. 1.9 The ES comprises three parts – the Main Text (Volume 1), the Figures and Technical Appendices (Volume 2) and the Non-Technical Summary (Volume 3). The ES forms part of a suite of reports that will support the planning application for the Proposed Development. 1.10 The ES provides: A description of the Site and its surroundings (Chapter 2); An overview of the approach and methodology of the EIA (Chapter 3); A description of alternatives and design evolution (Chapter 4); A description of the Proposed Development (Chapter 5); Identification of the development programme and construction (Chapter 6); The results of the analysis of the potentially significant environmental effects of the Proposed Development for the following disciplines: Transport and Access; Air Quality; Noise and Vibration; Landscape and Visual Amenity; Ecology and Nature Conservation; Water Quality, Hydrology and Flood Risk; Soils, Geology and Contaminated Land; and Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (Chapters 7- 14). Cumulative impacts are assessed within each of the Chapters where relevant; and A conclusion based on the findings of the EIA (Chapter 15). 1.11 Each of the technical sections of the ES comprises: an introduction; a methodology of assessment, review of relevant policy context, a description of the baseline (existing) conditions; an assessment of the likely environmental effects of the Proposed Development; a description of mitigation measures; a discussion on residual effects; and a summary. Technical Appendices in relation to these Chapters are provided as Volume 2. 3 1.12 In conclusion, with reference to the EIA Regulations, the ES contains those matters which must be included: A description of the development comprising information on the Site, design and size of the development; A description of measures envisaged in order to avoid, reduce and, if possible, remedy significant adverse effects; The data required to identify and assess the main effects which the development is likely to have on the environment; An outline of the main alternatives studied by the applicant; and A non-technical summary of the above information (Volume 3). NATURE OF THE PLANNING APPLICATION 1.13 The Proposed Development, which has been assessed as reported in the ES, is the subject of the hybrid planning application being made to EFDC. 4 REFERENCES Ref 1.1: Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017. 5 2 THE SITE AND SURROUNDINGS 2.1 The Site covers an area of approximately 63.4 ha and is situated either side of the A414 Harlow to Chipping Ongar Road, to the east of Rayley Lane and to the north of Vicarage Lane West. The northern edge of the Site is formed by Cripsey Brook and existing field boundaries and wooded areas. The Site forms an irregularly shape parcel of land consisting of the former North Weald Golf Course with the main entrance and former Clubhouse served off Rayley Lane near the A414 / Rayley Lane roundabout junction. The golf course is no longer operational. The Site lies within the administrative areas of Epping Forest District Council, Essex County Council, and parish of North Weald. 2.2 The planning application boundary is shown in Figure 1.1. 2.3 The Site lies approximately 5.0 kilometres to the north east of Epping town centre and about 6.5 kilometres to the south east of Harlow town centre. The village of Chipping Ongar and Marden Ash lie about 5.5 kilometres to the east of the Site. To the west of the Site and Rayley Lane is North Weald Airfield and areas of commercial development within the airfield beyond which is open undulating farmland and the M11 motorway and junction 7 whilst to the south east of the Site and Vicarage Lane West is the settlement of North Weald Bassett and areas of residential development adjoining the B181. To the south of North Weald Bassett is the Chipping Ongar Railway line (Heritage railway which connects to the London Underground at Loughton) beyond which is open countryside and farmland extending towards the M25 which is approximately 6km to the south of the Site. 2.4 To the north of the Site is the shallow open valley of the Cripsey Brook and Shonks Brook which converge near the northern corner of the Site with the brook flowing eastwards then southwards to connect with the River Rodding near Marden Ash.
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