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South Staffordshire County Council 10/00312/FUL) – Halletec Environmental Ltd Appendix 5 Environmental Statement for Permitted Marina (South Staffordshire County Council 10/00312/FUL) – Halletec Environmental Ltd 0130/04 Swindon Marina – Environmental Statement Proposed Swindon Marina Swindon South Staffordshire Environmental Statement On behalf of T & J Munday April 2010 Job No: 0651/1 52 Cheshire Street Market Drayton Shropshire TF9 1PR 2009 Halletec Environmental Ltd. Chartered Surveyors, Minerals Planning & Environmental Consultants Chartered Surveyors Minerals, Planning & Environmental Consultants 52 Cheshire Street Market Drayton Shropshire TF9 1PR 01630 698 035 Proposed Swindon Marina Swindon South Staffordshire Environment Statement On behalf of T & J Munday April 2010 Author Christopher Whitehouse Planning and Development Surveyor BSc (Hons) Checked By Alistair Duncan AMS. BSC. CEnv. FRICS. FIQ. Disclaimer This report has been prepared by Halletec Environmental which is the trading name of Halletec Environmental Limited, with all reasonable skill, care and diligence within the terms of the Contract with the client, incorporating our General Terms and Conditions of Business and taking account of the resources devoted to it by agreement with the client. We disclaim any responsibility to the client and others in respect of any matters outside the scope of the above. This report is confidential to the client and we accept no responsibility of whatsoever nature to third parties to whom this report, or any part thereof, is made known. Any such party relies on the report at their own risk. 2 Chartered Surveyors, Minerals Planning & Environmental Consultants CONTENTS Chapter No Section Page No 1 Introduction and Methodology 4 2 Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment 12 3 Geological Appraisal 77 4 Transport Assessment 113 5 Archaeological Assessment 189 6 Ecological and Protected Species Survey Report 224 7 Noise Assessment 258 8 Hydrological and Hydrogeological Assessment 293 EIA Summary Matrix and Cumulative Impact 9 506 Assessment 10 Summary and Conclusions of EIA 515 Appendices Appendix 1 Location and Site Plan 520 Extract of Section 12 from Schedule II EIA Appendix 2 522 Requirements Appendix 3 June 2009 Scoping Report 524 3 Chartered Surveyors, Minerals Planning & Environmental Consultants 1.0 Introduction and Methodology 4 Chartered Surveyors, Minerals Planning & Environmental Consultants 1.0 Introduction This Environmental Statement (ES) has been submitted together with a Planning Statement prepared by Paul Turner Consultancy for a planning application consisting of development of a 226 berth marina alongside and connected to the Staffordshire and Worcester canal. The proposed development includes provision for two service buildings housing toilets, showers and laundry facilities and a waste pump out and re-fuelling system. The marina will provide a high level of security for boat owners including fencing and closed circuit television. Proposed facilities will also include a detached building located at the site entrance that will contain a managers office, farm shop, chandlery and tea room, gift shop and mezzanine viewing gallery area. The development will include sufficient vehicle parking for boat users and visitors. The scheme will include soft and hard landscaping and planting throughout the site and alongside Smestow Brook. Also adjacent to Smestow Brook are low-key amenity facilities for picnicking and nature conservation for use by boat owners and visitors. 1.1 Situation and Description Swindon is located to the south of Wombourne and west of Dudley just outside the West Midlands county boundary in South Staffordshire. See location plan at Appendix 1. The site comprises approximately 8.9 ha. (22 acres) of agricultural land that is down to a combination of mainly permanent pasture with rough grazing. The site is bounded on its western and southern sides by the Smestow Brook and on its east by the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. Its northern boundary is on to The Holloway, a ‘C’ class road that runs through the centre of Swindon village. See Drawing no 0651/1/2 at Appendix 1. 1.2 Background and demand for the development proposal In 2006 British Waterways published a report entitled Inland Marinas Investment Guide in which they identified a steady increase in demand for canal based leisure activities resulting in the need for an additional 11,800 berths on the canal network by 2015. The demand is being driven by a number of factors including increased leisure time, demand particularly from the over 50 age group, and the increasing attraction of the canal system for leisure related development. The growth in demand for narrow boats is also reflected in the requirement for secure off line mooring, 5 Chartered Surveyors, Minerals Planning & Environmental Consultants which can only be provided in new build marinas of the type proposed for Swindon. The applicant has brought this site to the attention of British Waterways who have confirmed it is suitable in terms of water capacity within this part of the canal network to sustain the addition of 250+ narrow boats. The site benefits from a number of features that make it particularly suitable for development as a marina. These include: Low visual impact Good road access Good access to local facilities Good access to the popular wider Midlands canal network Space for provision of important on site services An attractive setting Scope to create a scheme that can integrate harmoniously with the village The site also benefits from a low visual impact with Swindon Rough, a substantial wooded scarp slope which rises above the site as a backdrop. The land forms part of a larger agricultural holding but is isolated from the main unit for reasons of geography and topography with no prospect of that isolation being altered in the future. Agriculturally it is partially affected by the Smestow Brook flood plain and is therefore largely incapable of material agricultural improvement. This proposed development accordingly forms part of farm diversification into a leisure and recreational land use. 2.0 Methodology 2.1 General Approach The Environmental Statement has been prepared to comply with the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 (as amended) (hereafter referred to as 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 are classified as being subject to an EIA (Schedule 1 development) and other 6 Chartered Surveyors, Minerals Planning & Environmental Consultants types of developments, which may require assessments if they give rise to significant environmental impacts (Schedule 2). The development falls within Schedule 2, Category 12b of the EIA Regulations (Appendix 2) as a tourism and leisure development project which due to its scale, nature and location, has the potential to significantly alter or impact upon the environment. The EIA will therefore be carried out to determine the likely significance of these effects and to offer mitigation measures through which potential adverse impacts may be reduced or removed. Guidance has been used for good practice of the EIA, including; Circular 02/99 – Environmental Impact Assessments, Department of the Environment, Transport and Regions (DETR), 1999 Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessments, Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA), 2003 Environmental Impact Assessments – A Guide to Good Practice and Procedures: A Consultation Paper, DCLG, 2006 Amended Circular on Environmental Impact Assessments: A Consultation Paper, DCLG, 2006 The EIA has considered the likely significant environmental effects of the development, based upon current knowledge of the site and the surrounding environment. Following the findings of various studies contributing to the EIA, ways of avoiding, reducing or offsetting any potential significant adverse effects (collectively known as ‘mitigation measures’) have been identified and set out in each technical chapter. Detailed technical studies have been ongoing throughout the design process, providing information about environmental issues and constraints affecting the proposals. The EIA has considered both positive and negative effects during the construction phase of the development and once the development is completed. In line with the legislative and best practice requirements, direct, indirect, secondary and cumulative short, medium and long term, permanent and temporary, positive and negative effects haven been addressed where applicable. 2.2 Scoping the EIA In line with both the EIA Regulations and best practice guidance, a Scoping Study was carried out at the start of the assessment process to identify the environmental issues to be addressed in the ES. Although not a statutory requirement, a Scoping report was submitted to South Staffordshire 7 Chartered Surveyors, Minerals Planning & Environmental Consultants District Council in June 2009 by way of formal request for a scoping opinion. The report can be obtained by reference to Appendix 3. The report was undertaken using a combination of: Reference to the ‘Checklist of matters to be considered for inclusion in an environmental statement’ in Appendix 5 of the Environmental Impact Assessment – A Guide to Procedures (DETR, 2000) and to best practice guidance. A review of the technical studies completed as part of the design process. Identification of potential sensitive receptors surrounding
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