High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Environmental Statement Environmental Crewe) Midlands - Speed Rail (West High E14 High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Environmental Statement Volume 2: Community Area report CA2 Colwich to Yarlet Colwich to CA2 report Area Community 2: Volume Volume 2: Community Area report CA2: Colwich to Yarlet High SpeedSpeed Two Two (HS2) (HS2) Limited Limited Two Snowhill Snow HillHill Queensway Queensway Birmingham B4 B4 6GA 6GA 08081 434434 434 434 [email protected] E14 July 2017 ES 3.2.1.2 E14 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 CA2: Colwich to Yarlet Volume 2: Community Area report Community 2: Volume High Speed Two (HS2) Limited Two Snowhill Snow Hill Queensway Birmingham B4 6GA 08081 434 434 E14 [email protected] July 2017 ES 3.2.1.2 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. 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Environmental Statement, Volume 2: Community area 2, Colwich to Yarlet Contents Preface i Structure of the Environmental Statement ii 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 32 2.4 Operation of the Proposed Scheme 60 2.5 Route section alternatives 61 3 Stakeholder engagement and consultation 77 3.1 Introduction 77 3.2 Key stages of Phase 2a engagement and consultation 77 3.3 Engagement and consultation with stakeholder groups 79 4 Agriculture, forestry and soils 85 4.1 Introduction 85 4.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 85 4.3 Environmental baseline 86 4.4 Effects arising during construction 95 4.5 Effects arising from operation 112 5 Air quality 114 5.1 Introduction 114 5.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 114 5.3 Environmental baseline 115 5.4 Effects arising during construction 117 5.5 Effects arising from operation 120 6 Community 122 Environmental Statement, Volume 2: Community area 2, Colwich to Yarlet 6.1 Introduction 122 6.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 122 6.3 Environmental baseline 123 6.4 Effects arising during construction 126 6.5 Effects arising from operation 135 7 Cultural heritage 140 7.1 Introduction 140 7.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 141 7.3 Environmental baseline 142 7.4 Effects arising during construction 152 7.5 Effects arising from operation 161 8 Ecology and biodiversity 165 8.1 Introduction 165 8.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 166 8.3 Environmental baseline 166 8.4 Effects arising during construction 181 8.5 Effects arising from operation 196 9 Health 200 9.1 Introduction 200 9.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 200 9.3 Environmental baseline 202 9.4 Effects arising during construction 206 9.5 Effects arising from operation 213 10 Land quality 217 10.1 Introduction 217 10.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 217 10.3 Environmental baseline 218 10.4 Effects arising during construction 228 10.5 Effects arising from operation 238 11 Landscape and visual 240 11.1 Introduction 240 11.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 241 11.3 Environmental baseline 241 11.4 Temporary effects arising during construction 244 11.5 Permanent effects arising from operation 252 12 Socio-economics 268 12.1 Introduction 268 12.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 268 12.3 Environmental baseline 268 12.4 Effects arising during construction 271 12.5 Effects arising from operation 276 13 Sound, noise and vibration 278 13.1 Introduction 278 Environmental Statement, Volume 2: Community area 2, Colwich to Yarlet 13.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 279 13.3 Environmental baseline 279 13.4 Effects arising during construction 281 13.5 Effects arising from operation 288 14 Traffic and transport 300 14.1 Introduction 300 14.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 300 14.3 Environmental baseline 301 14.4 Effects arising during construction 304 14.5 Effects arising from operation 315 15 Water resources and flood risk 319 15.1 Introduction 319 15.2 Scope, assumptions and limitations 320 15.3 Environmental baseline 321 15.4 Effects arising during construction 330 15.5 Effects arising from operation 338 16 References 340 List of figures Figure 1: Structure of the Environment Statement 1 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 Colwich to Yarlet area 38 Figure 5: Construction compounds for railway installation works showing key works within the Colwich to Yarlet area 39 Figure 6: Indicative construction programme between 2020 and 2027 57 Figure 7: Options considered as part of the appraisal 72 Figure 8: Business sector composition in SBC area and the West Midlands 269 Figure 9: Employment by industrial sector in the SBC area and the West Midlands 270 List of tables Table 1: Demolitions to be managed from the Trent South embankment main compound 40 Table 2: Demolitions to be managed from the Brancote South cutting satellite compound 46 Table 3: Demolitions to be managed from the Hopton South cutting satellite compound 48 Table 4: Demolitions to be managed from the Hopton North cutting satellite compound 50 Table 5: Demolitions to be managed from the Marston South embankment satellite compound 53 Table 6: Demolitions to be managed from the Yarlet South cutting satellite compound 55 Table 7: Mechanisms and timeline of stakeholder engagement and consultation since the route announcement in November 2015 77 Table 8: Engagement to date with technical and specialist groups 80 Table 9: Meetings held with communities and community stakeholders 83 Environmental Statement, Volume 2: Community area 2, Colwich to Yarlet Table 10: Summary characteristics of holdings 92 Table 11: Agricultural land required for the construction of the Proposed Scheme 98 Table 12: Summary of effects on holdings during construction 100 Table 13: Agricultural land required permanently 105 Table 14: Summary of permanent effects on holdings from construction 107 Table 15: Committed developments relevant to community 125 Table 16: Protected and notable species within the Colwich to Yarlet area 175 Table 17: Committed developments relevant to health 205 Table 18: Summary of the superficial and bedrock units underlying the Proposed Scheme from Colwich to Yarlet 219 Table 19: Landfill sites located in the study area 223 Table 20: Summary of sensitive receptors 227 Table 21: Committed development relevant to land quality 228 Table 22: Summary of baseline CSM for sites which may pose a contaminative risk for the Proposed Scheme 230 Table 23: Summary of temporary (construction) effects 232 Table 24: Summary of permanent (post-construction) effects 235 Table 25: Summary of effects for mining and mineral resources 237 Table 26: Committed developments relevant to landscape and visual 244 Table 27: Construction phase significant landscape effects 246 Table 28: Construction phase significant visual effects 247 Table 29: Operational phase significant landscape effects 254 Table 30: Operational phase significant visual effects 256 Table 31: Resources which are categorised as experiencing significant direct effects 273 Table 32: Significance of effects on resources 274 Table 33: Direct adverse effects on residential communities and shared open areas that are considered to be significant on a community basis 284 Table 34: Direct adverse effects on residential communities and shared open areas that are considered significant on a community basis 293 Table 35: Likely significant noise or vibration effects on non-residential receptors arising from operation of the Proposed Scheme 297 Table 36: Typical vehicle trip generation for construction sites in the Colwich to Yarlet area 307 Table 37: Key surface water bodies and their WFD status. 321 Table 38 Summary of geology and hydrogeology in the study area 323 Table 39: River flood risk sources and receptors 327 Table 40: Surface water flood risk sources and receptors 328 Environmental Statement, Volume 2: Community area 2, Colwich to Yarlet 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’.