Tees Valley Statement of Transport Ambition Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report Tees Valley Statement of Transport Ambition Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report JMP Consultants Limited Minerva House East Parade Leeds LS1 5PS T 0113 244 4347 F 0113 242 3753 E [email protected] www.jmp.co.uk Job No. NEA6082 Report No. 2 Prepared by AD/JJ Verified MR Approved by MR Status Final Issue No. 1 Date 28 February 2011 Tees Valley Statement of Transport Ambition Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report Contents Amendments Record This document has been issued and amended as follows: Status/Revision Revision description Issue Number Approved By Date Draft For TVU approval 1 MR 18/02/2011 Final For consultation 2 MR 28/02/2011 Contents 1 NON – TECHNICAL SUMMARY ................................................................................................ 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 1 The SEA Process ....................................................................................................................... 1 Consultation ................................................................................................................................ 4 2 CONTEXT ................................................................................................................................... 5 Strategic Environmental Assessment ......................................................................................... 5 Tees Valley Unlimited Statement of Transport Ambition ............................................................ 6 Third Local Transport Plans ....................................................................................................... 7 Strategic Environmental Assessment and the Tees Valley Statement of Transport Ambition ...................................................................................................................................... 7 Health Impact Assessment and Tees Valley Unlimited Statement of Ambition ......................... 9 3 RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER PLANS, POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES............................ 13 4 BASELINE INFORMATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ........................................ 17 Biodiversity ............................................................................................................................... 17 Population ................................................................................................................................. 28 Health ....................................................................................................................................... 31 Soil ............................................................................................................................................ 33 Land quality and contamination ................................................................................................ 35 Water ........................................................................................................................................ 36 Flooding .................................................................................................................................... 43 Air Quality ................................................................................................................................. 47 Climate ...................................................................................................................................... 49 Cultural Heritage ....................................................................................................................... 55 Landscape ................................................................................................................................ 58 Noise ......................................................................................................................................... 59 Safety ........................................................................................................................................ 61 Accessibility .............................................................................................................................. 63 Economy ................................................................................................................................... 66 Material Assets ......................................................................................................................... 70 Potential Environmental Problems ........................................................................................... 72 5 SEA OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................... 77 Development of the SEA Objectives ........................................................................................ 77 6 ASSESSMENT ......................................................................................................................... 82 Assessment of Alternatives ...................................................................................................... 83 Assessments of Options ........................................................................................................... 93 7 MITIGATION OF EFFECTS ................................................................................................... 100 8 INCORPORATING RESULTS OF THE SEA AND HIA INTO THE TRANSPORT STRATEGY ..................................................................................................................................... 104 9 MONITORING FRAMEWORK ............................................................................................... 105 10 REMAINING STAGES OF STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENT .......................... 109 Consultation ............................................................................................................................ 109 Production of SEA Statement ................................................................................................. 109 Tables and Figures Table 2.1 Compliance with assessment of human health ................................................................. 9 Table 3.1 Summary of issues from review of plans and programmes ............................................ 13 Table 4.1 Qualifying species, Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA ............................................ 18 Table 4.2 Special Areas of Conservation, Tees Valley ................................................................... 20 Table 4.3 Tees Valley SSSIs .......................................................................................................... 25 Table 4.4 Priority habitats and species, Tees Valley ...................................................................... 28 Table 4.5 Population densities, Tees Valley ................................................................................... 29 Table 4.6 Projected populations 2006-21 - All persons (thousands) .............................................. 30 Table 4.7 Car ownership in the Tees Valley, 2001 ......................................................................... 31 Table 4.8 Car ownership by district in the Tees Valley, 2001 ......................................................... 31 Table 4.9 Percentage of people with a health problem ................................................................... 32 Table 4.10 Local area costs of physical inactivity ........................................................................... 32 Table 4.11 Previously developed land available for redevelopment, 2008 ..................................... 36 Table 4.12 Water quality (biological), 2006 ..................................................................................... 36 Table 4.13 Water quality (chemical), 2006...................................................................................... 37 Table 4.14 Status objectives for rivers and lakes in the Tees river catchment ............................... 38 Table 4.15 Current status and objectives for groundwater bodies in the Tees Valley .................... 39 Table 4.16 Current status and objectives for estuarine and coastal water bodies in the Tees Valley .......................................................................................................................................................... 40 Table 4.17 Bathing Water Assessment Ratings ............................................................................. 42 Table 4.18 Tees Valley flooding issues ........................................................................................... 44 Table 4.19 Locations of Towns and Villages with 25 or more properties at risk in a 1 per cent annual probability river flood ............................................................................................................ 45 Table 4.20 Fuel consumption (thousand tonnes) from road transport, 2007 .................................. 51 Table 4.21 CO2 emissions (kTonnes) from transport, 2000 ........................................................... 51 Table 4.22 Road transport emissions per capita, 2007 .................................................................. 52 Table 4.23 Local tranquillity scores for Tees Valley authorities .....................................................