The Sizewell C Project 6.1 Environmental Statement - Non-Technical Summary May 2020 Revision: 1.0 Planning Act 2008 Applicable Regulation: Regulation 5(2)(a) Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009 PINS Reference Number: EN010012 SIZEWELL C PROJECT – ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 2. PLANNING CONTEXT ............................................................................................................................................................................ 4 3. CONSULTATION AND ALTERNATIVES ................................................................................................................................................ 7 4. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................... 15 5. MAIN DEVELOPMENT SITE................................................................................................................................................................. 17 6. NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PARK AND RIDES ............................................................................................................................. 84 7. TWO VILLAGE BYPASS ..................................................................................................................................................................... 103 8. SIZEWELL LINK ROAD ...................................................................................................................................................................... 121 9. YOXFORD ROUNDABOUT AND OTHER HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS .......................................................................................... 140 10. FREIGHT MANAGEMENT FACILITY ................................................................................................................................................. 155 11. RAIL .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 168 12. CUMULATIVE AND TRANSBOUNDARY EFFECTS .......................................................................................................................... 187 13. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? ................................................................................................................................................................... 198 14. REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................................................................... 199 TABLES Table 2.1 Structure of the Environmental Statement ............................................................................................................................................ 5 Table 3.1 Site-specific alternatives ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Table 5.1 Summary of material resource use on regional and national capacity* .............................................................................................. 30 Table 5.2 Sites designated for nature conservation identified for further assessment within the ES .................................................................. 43 Table 5.3 Summary of habitat lost within Sizewell Marshes SSSI and replacement habitat provided ................................................................ 47 Table 5.4 Summary of flood risk at the main development site*......................................................................................................................... 64 Table 7.1 Habitat lost and re-provided at two village bypass ........................................................................................................................... 111 NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Environmental Statement – Non-Technical Summary | ii SIZEWELL C PROJECT – ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Table 8.1 Habitat lost and re-provided at Sizewell link road ............................................................................................................................. 130 Table 9.1 Summary of proposed highway improvement works ........................................................................................................................ 141 Table 12.1 Summary of those cumulative effects found to be greater than for the proposed development alone. .......................................... 192 FIGURES Figure 1.1 Location of the proposed Sizewell C Project ....................................................................................................................................... 3 Figure 5.1 Location of the main development site .............................................................................................................................................. 18 Figure 5.2 Main development site sub-areas ..................................................................................................................................................... 19 Figure 5.3 Illustrative operational masterplan ..................................................................................................................................................... 23 Figure 5.4 Illustrative construction masterplan ................................................................................................................................................... 24 Figure 5.5 Location of Sizewell Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest ........................................................................................................ 45 Figure 5.6 Existing rights of way and access ..................................................................................................................................................... 51 Figure 5.7 Rights of way and access strategy during construction ..................................................................................................................... 54 Figure 5.8 Illustrative view north towards the Sizewell C site from the Suffolk Coast Path and Sandlings Walk east of Hill Wood .................... 55 Figure 5.9 Rights of way and access strategy during operation ......................................................................................................................... 56 Figure 6.1 Illustrative masterplan of the proposed northern park and ride ......................................................................................................... 87 Figure 6.2 Illustrative masterplan of the proposed southern park and ride ......................................................................................................... 88 Figure 7.1 Illustrative masterplan of the proposed two village bypass ............................................................................................................. 104 Figure 8.1 Illustrative masterplan of the proposed Sizewell link road ............................................................................................................... 123 Figure 9.1 Location Yoxford roundabout and other highway improvements..................................................................................................... 142 Figure 9.2 Illustrative masterplan for Yoxford roundabout ................................................................................................................................ 143 Figure 9.3 Illustrative masterplan for A12/A144 junction south of Bramfield .................................................................................................... 144 Figure 10.1 Illustrative masterplan for the freight management facility ............................................................................................................ 156 Figure 11.1 Illustrative masterplan of the rail extension route .......................................................................................................................... 169 NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Environmental Statement – Non-Technical Summary | iii SIZEWELL C PROJECT – ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Figure 11.2 Overview of the Saxmundham to Leiston branch line upgrade works ........................................................................................... 171 PLATES Plate 1.1 Illustrative view of proposed Sizewell C nuclear power station ............................................................................................................. 2 Plate 2.1 Reedbed habitat at Aldhurst Farm ........................................................................................................................................................ 6 Plate 3.1 Sizewell C consultation timeline ............................................................................................................................................................ 7 Plate 3.2 Generic UK EPRTM design .................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Plate 3.3 Freight management strategy