E13 High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Environmental Statement Volume 2: Community Area report CA1: Fradley to Colton High Speed Two (HS2) Limited Two Snowhill Snow Hill Queensway Birmingham B4 6GA 08081 434 434 [email protected] E13 July 2017 ES 3.2.1.1 E13 High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Crewe) Midlands - Speed Rail (West High Environmental Statement High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Environmental Statement Volume 2: Community Area report CA1: Fradley to Colton Volume 2: Community Area report Community 2: Volume E13 July 2017 ES 3.2.1.1 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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Environmental Statement Volume 2: Community area 1, Fradley to Colton Contents Preface v Structure of the Environmental Statement vi 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Introduction to HS2 1 1.2 Purpose of this report 4 1.3 Structure of this report 4 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 13 2.3 Construction of the Proposed Scheme 33 2.4 Operation of the Proposed Scheme 61 2.5 Route section alternatives 62 3 Stakeholder engagement and consultation 79 3.1 Introduction 79 3.2 Key stages of Phase 2a engagement and consultation 79 3.3 Engagement and consultation with stakeholder groups 81 4 Agriculture, forestry and soils 86 4.1 Introduction 86 4.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 86 4.3 Environmental baseline 87 4.4 Effects arising during construction 99 4.5 Effects arising from operation 120 5 Air quality 122 5.1 Introduction 122 5.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 122 5.3 Environmental baseline 123 5.4 Effects arising during construction 125 5.5 Effects arising from operation 129 i Environmental Statement Volume 2: Community area 1, Fradley to Colton 6 Community 131 6.1 Introduction 131 6.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 131 6.3 Environmental baseline 132 6.4 Effects arising during construction 134 6.5 Effects arising from operation 141 7 Cultural heritage 145 7.1 Introduction 145 7.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 146 7.3 Environmental baseline 147 7.4 Effects arising during construction 158 7.5 Effects arising from operation 168 8 Ecology and biodiversity 172 8.1 Introduction 172 8.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 173 8.3 Environmental baseline 173 8.4 Effects arising during construction 192 8.5 Effects arising from operation 209 9 Health 213 9.1 Introduction 213 9.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 213 9.3 Environmental baseline 214 9.4 Effects arising during construction 218 9.5 Effects arising from operation 224 10 Land quality 227 10.1 Introduction 227 10.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 227 10.3 Environmental baseline 228 10.4 Effects arising during construction 238 10.5 Effects arising from operation 246 11 Landscape and visual 248 11.1 Introduction 248 11.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 249 11.3 Environmental baseline 249 11.4 Temporary effects arising during construction 252 11.5 Permanent effects arising from operation 264 12 Socio-economics 282 12.1 Introduction 282 12.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 282 12.3 Environmental baseline 282 12.4 Effects arising during construction 285 12.5 Effects arising from operation 289 13 Sound, noise and vibration 291 ii Environmental Statement Volume 2: Community area 1, Fradley to Colton 13.1 Introduction 291 13.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 292 13.3 Environmental baseline 292 13.4 Effects arising during construction 294 13.5 Effects arising from operation 302 14 Traffic and transport 312 14.1 Introduction 312 14.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 312 14.3 Environmental baseline 313 14.4 Effects arising during construction 316 14.5 Effects arising from operation 326 15 Water resources and flood risk 330 15.1 Introduction 330 15.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 331 15.3 Environmental baseline 332 15.4 Effects arising during construction 342 15.5 Effects arising from operation 352 16 References 354 List of figures Figure 1: Structure of the Environment Statement 8 Figure 2: The HS2 Phase 2a route and community areas 3 Figure 3: Area context map 7 Figure 4: Construction compounds showing key civil engineering works within the Fradley to Colton area 41 Figure 5: Construction compounds for railway installation works showing key works within the Fradley to Colton area 42 Figure 6: Indicative construction programme between 2020 and 2027 58 Figure 7: Business sector composition in LDC and CCDC areas and the West Midlands 283 Figure 8: Employment by industrial sector in the LDC and CCDC areas and the West Midlands 284 List of tables Table 1: Demolitions to be managed from the Pyford Brook viaduct satellite compound 43 Table 2: Demolitions to be managed from the Bourne embankment satellite compound 45 Table 3: Demolitions to be managed from the Blithbury Central cutting satellite compound 50 Table 4: Mechanisms and timeline of stakeholder engagement and consultation since the route announcement in November 2015 79 Table 5: Engagement to date with technical and specialist groups 82 Table 6: Meetings held with communities and community stakeholders 85 Table 7: Summary characteristics of holdings 94 Table 8: Agricultural land required for the construction of the Proposed Scheme 102 Table 9: Summary of effects on holdings during construction 104 iii Environmental Statement Volume 2: Community area 1, Fradley to Colton Table 10: Agricultural land required permanently 111 Table 11: Summary of permanent effects on holdings from construction 112 Table 12: Committed developments relevant to community 134 Table 13: Protected and notable species within the Fradley to Colton area 182 Table 14: Committed developments relevant to health 217 Table 15: Summary of the superficial and bedrock units underlying the Proposed Scheme from Fradley to Colton 229 Table 16: Landfill sites located in the study area 233 Table 17: Summary of sensitive receptors 236 Table 18: Committed developments relevant to land quality 237 Table 19: Summary of baseline CSM for sites which may pose a contaminative risk for the Proposed Scheme 240 Table 20: Summary of permanent effects for mining and mineral resources 245 Table 21: Summary description and judgement of effect for LCAs 253 Table 22: Construction phase significant visual effects 255 Table 23: Operational phase significant landscape effects 265 Table 24: Operation phase significant visual effects 267 Table 25 Direct adverse effects on residential communities and shared open areas that are considered to be significant on a community basis 297 Table 26: Direct adverse effects on residential communities and shared open areas that are considered significant on a community basis 306 Table 27: Likely significant noise or vibration effects on non-residential receptors arising from operation of the Proposed Scheme 309 Table 28: Typical vehicle trip generation for construction sites in the Fradley to Colton area 319 Table 29: Key surface water bodies and their WFD status 333 Table 30: Summary of geology and hydrogeology in the study area 335 Table 31: River flood risk sources and receptors 339 Table 32: Surface water flood risk sources and receptors 341 iv Environmental Statement Volume 2: Community area 1, Fradley to Colton Preface The Environmental Statement This document forms part of Volume 2 of the Environmental Statement (ES) that accompanies the deposit of the hybrid Bill for Phase 2a of High Speed Two (HS2). Phase 2a comprises the second section of the proposed HS2 rail network, between the West Midlands and Crewe, and is referred to in this ES as the ‘Proposed Scheme’. The ES sets out the Proposed Scheme, its likely significant environmental effects and the measures proposed to mitigate those effects. Phase 2b comprises the remainder of Phase Two, between Crewe and Manchester and between the West Midlands and Leeds, completing what is known as the ‘Y network’. Phase 2b will be the subject of a separate hybrid Bill and therefore is not the subject of this ES. The hybrid Bill for Phase One of the HS2 network, between London and the West Midlands, was the subject of an ES submitted in November 2013, followed by subsequent ESs deposited with Additional Provisions to that Bill in 2014 and 2015. The Bill received Royal Assent in February 2017 and initial works on Phase One have commenced.