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 | LA10 LA10: Tibshelf to Shuttlewood High Speed Two (HS2) Limited Two Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway, Birmingham B4 6GA Freephone: 08081 434 434 Minicom: 08081 456 472 Email: [email protected] H21 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 LA10: Tibshelf to Shuttlewood H21 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: LA10 Contents Preface v Structure of the HS2 Phase 2b working draft Environmental Statement vi 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 26 2.4 Operation of the Proposed Scheme 55 2.5 Route section alternatives 56 3 Stakeholder engagement and consultation 60 3.1 Introduction 60 3.2 Key stages of Phase 2b engagement and consultation 60 3.3 Informing the Proposed Scheme 61 3.4 Engagement and consultation with stakeholder groups 62 4 Agriculture, forestry and soils 67 4.1 Introduction 67 4.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 67 4.3 Environmental baseline 68 4.4 Effects arising during construction 75 4.5 Effects arising from operation 84 5 Air quality 86 5.1 Introduction 86 5.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 86 5.3 Environmental baseline 87 5.4 Effects arising during construction 88 i High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA10 5.5 Effects arising from operation 90 6 Community 92 6.1 Introduction 92 6.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 92 6.3 Environmental baseline 93 6.4 Effects arising during construction 96 6.5 Effects arising from operation 100 7 Ecology and biodiversity 102 7.1 Introduction 102 7.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 102 7.3 Environmental baseline 102 7.4 Effects arising during construction 110 7.5 Effects arising during operation 119 8 Health 121 8.1 Introduction 121 8.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 121 8.3 Environmental baseline 123 8.4 Effects arising during construction 125 8.5 Effects arising from operation 130 9 Historic environment 132 9.1 Introduction 132 9.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 132 9.3 Environmental baseline 134 9.4 Effects arising during construction 141 9.5 Effects arising from operation 148 10 Land quality 150 10.1 Introduction 150 10.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 150 10.3 Environmental baseline 151 10.4 Effects arising during construction 164 10.5 Effects arising from operation 172 11 Landscape and visual 174 11.1 Introduction 174 11.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 174 11.3 Environmental baseline 176 11.4 Temporary effects arising during construction 186 11.5 Permanent effects arising from operation 195 12 Socio-economics 207 12.1 Introduction 207 12.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 207 ii High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA10 12.3 Environmental baseline 207 12.4 Effects arising during construction 210 12.5 Effects arising from operation 214 13 Sound, noise and vibration 216 13.1 Introduction 216 13.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 217 13.3 Environmental baseline 217 13.4 Effects arising during construction 218 13.5 Effects arising from operation 221 14 Traffic and transport 226 14.1 Introduction 226 14.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 226 14.3 Environmental baseline 227 14.4 Effects arising during construction 229 14.5 Effects arising from operation 235 15 Water resources and flood risk 240 15.1 Introduction 240 15.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 240 15.3 Environmental baseline 241 15.4 Effects arising during construction 252 15.5 Effects arising from operation 260 16 References 262 List of figures Figure 1: Structure of the working draft Environmental Statement ix Figure 2: The HS2 Phase 2b route and community areas 2 Figure 3: Community area context map 7 Figure 4: Location of construction compounds in the Tibshelf to Shuttlewood area 31 Figure 5: Construction compounds for civil engineering works 34 Figure 6: Construction compounds for railway systems installation works 35 Figure 7: Indicative construction programme between 2024 and 2033 50 Figure 8: Business sector composition in BDC and NEDDC areas and the East Midlands region 208 Figure 9: Employment by industrial sector in the BDC and NEDDC areas and the East Midlands region 209 List of tables Table 1: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Heath South cutting main compound 36 Table 2: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Tibshelf cutting satellite compound 37 iii High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA10 Table 3: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Hardstoft South cutting satellite compound 39 Table 4: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Stainsby viaduct satellite compound 42 Table 5: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the M1 Motorway South viaduct satellite compound 43 Table 6: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Bolsover South embankment satellite compound 44 Table 7: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Carr Vale embankment satellite compound 45 Table 8: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the Shuttlewood viaduct satellite compound 46 Table 9: Demolitions required as a result of the works to be managed from the M1 Motorway North satellite compound 47 Table 10: Consideration of local alternatives for the route of the Proposed Scheme through Heath 57 Table 11: Mechanisms and timeline of stakeholder engagement since route announcement 60 Table 12: Engagement to date with community stakeholders 63 Table 13: Engagement to date with local authorities and parish councils 63 Table 14: Summary of characteristics of holdings 74 Table 15: Summary of temporary effects 79 Table 16: Summary of permanent effects on holdings from construction 82 Table 17: Species potentially relevant to the assessment within the Tibshelf to Shuttlewood area 108 Table 18: Residual significant effects on ecological resources/features during construction 118 Table 19: Residual significant effects on ecological resources/features during operation 120 Table 20: Summary of the geology underlying the land quality study area 152 Table 21: Current and historical landfill sites located in the study area 158 Table 22: Current and historical mining, mineral sites and colliery spoil sites located in the study area 159 Table 23: Current and historical industrial sites located in the study area 160 Table 24: Summary of sensitive receptors 163 Table 25: Summary of baseline CSM for sites which may pose a contaminative risk for the Proposed Scheme 166 Table 26: Summary of construction CSM effects 168 Table 27: Summary of effects for mining and mineral resources 171 Table 28: Summary of significantly affected LCAs 178 Table 29: Summary description and assessment of effects on LCAs 187 Table 30: Construction phase potentially significant effects 190 Table 31: Operational phase significant landscape effects 196 Table 32: Operation phase significant visual effects 199 Table 33: Resources which would potentially experience significant direct effects 212 Table 34: Significance of effects on resources 213 Table 35: Surface water body receptors 242 Table 36: Summary of geology and hydrogeology in the study area 245 Table 37: River flood risk sources and receptors 249 Table 38: Surface water flood risk sources and receptors 251 iv High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds) Working Draft Environmental Statement Volume 2: LA10 Preface The working draft Environmental Statement This report forms part of Volume 2 of the working draft Environmental Statement (ES) for Phase 2b of High Speed Two (HS2).