REPORT IAMP TWO EIA SCOPING REPORT Submitted to: IAMP LLP Submitted by: Golder Associates (UK) Ltd Golder House Tadcaster Enterprise Park, Station Road, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9JF, UK +44 0 1937 837800 1895128.601/A.0 September 2018 September 2018 1895128.601/A.0 Distribution List IAMP LLP - 1 pdf Lichfields - 1 pdf Golder - 1 pdf i September 2018 1895128.601/A.0 Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background ....................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 IAMP .................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Evolution of IAMP ONE and TWO .................................................................................................... 2 1.4 The Need for the Proposed Development ........................................................................................ 4 1.5 Requirement for Environmental Assessment .................................................................................... 4 1.6 Objectives of Scoping ....................................................................................................................... 4 2.0 SITE AND PROJECT DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................ 5 2.1 Description of the Proposed Site....................................................................................................... 5 2.2 IAMP Masterplan and Parameters .................................................................................................... 7 2.3 Description of the Proposed Development ....................................................................................... 8 3.0 PROJECT ALTERNATIVES ..................................................................................................................... 17 4.0 PLANNING POLICY ................................................................................................................................. 19 4.1 National Policy................................................................................................................................. 19 4.2 Local Policy ..................................................................................................................................... 19 5.0 POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ............................................................... 20 5.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 20 5.2 Air Quality ........................................................................................................................................ 20 5.3 Noise ............................................................................................................................................... 24 5.4 Landscape and Visual ..................................................................................................................... 27 5.5 Cultural Heritage ............................................................................................................................. 30 5.6 Waste .............................................................................................................................................. 32 5.7 Water Resources and Flood Risk ................................................................................................... 33 5.8 Geology, Ground Condition and Groundwater ................................................................................ 35 5.9 Ecology and Biodiversity ................................................................................................................. 37 5.10 Access and Transport ..................................................................................................................... 40 5.11 Socio-Economics ............................................................................................................................ 49 5.12 Cumulative and Combined Effects .................................................................................................. 53 6.0 STUDY AREA EXTENTS ......................................................................................................................... 54 ii September 2018 1895128.601/A.0 7.0 NON-SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ................................................................................... 55 7.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 55 7.2 Health Effects .................................................................................................................................. 55 7.3 Risks and Hazards .......................................................................................................................... 56 7.4 Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change ....................................................................................... 57 7.5 Issues Related to Tall Buildings (Aviation and Electronic Interference) ......................................... 57 7.6 Radiation ......................................................................................................................................... 58 8.0 SUMMARY OF SCOPE ............................................................................................................................ 59 9.0 EIA PROCESS .......................................................................................................................................... 59 9.1 Methodology .................................................................................................................................... 59 9.2 ES Structure .................................................................................................................................... 60 10.0 SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................ 61 11.0 ABBREVIATIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 62 TABLES Table 1: Schedule of Plans for IAMP TWO Scoping. ........................................................................................... 7 Table 2: DEFRA estimated background pollutant concentrations for 2018 ....................................................... 21 Table 3: Diffusion Tube Locations ...................................................................................................................... 23 Table 4: Other Developments identified (to date) for potential inclusion in the cumulative assessment ........... 53 Table 5: Study Area Extent by Discipline ........................................................................................................... 54 Table 6: Non-significant Environmental Issues and Justification for Exclusion from Scope .............................. 58 Table 7: Summary of Scope ............................................................................................................................... 59 FIGURES Figure 1: Extent of micro-simulation traffic model .............................................................................................. 42 APPENDICES DRAWINGS Drawing 1: IAMP TWO Scoping Boundary Drawing 2: IAMP TWO Scoping Boundary and Identified Environmental Receptors Drawing 3: Installed Diffusion Tube Locations Drawing 4: Landscape and Visual Study Area Drawing 5: Extent of Proposed Geophysical Survey iii September 2018 1895128.601/A.0 Drawing 6: Ecology - Statutory Designated Sites within 10 km of IAMP TWO Scoping Boundary APPENDIX A Explanatory Plan Development Plots Highways England A19 DCO Projects and IAMP Front image supplied under licence: Andrey Armyagov © 123RF.com iv September 2018 1895128.601/A.0 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background 1.1.1 Golder Associates (UK) Limited (Golder) has been commissioned by IAMP LLP (the Applicant) to produce an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Report to inform the scope and content of an EIA for the proposed IAMP TWO Development Consent Order (DCO) Application. 1.1.2 IAMP TWO forms part of the International Advanced Manufacturing Park (IAMP) being promoted in Sunderland and South Tyneside. The evolution of IAMP as a whole and its relationship with other nationally significant projects nearby are summarised in Section 1.3 below. 1.1.3 This Scoping Report: Presents a detailed description of IAMP TWO and alternatives that have been considered; Defines the planning context in which the IAMP TWO DCO Application is being made; Outlines our current understanding of the existing environmental conditions at IAMP TWO (defined as all the land within the IAMP TWO Scoping Boundary); and Identifies those environmental issues that are considered likely to have significant effects and that therefore need to be included within the scope of the EIA for IAMP TWO. 1.1.4 For each identified potentially significant environmental issue, the proposed scope of the EIA assessment and assessment methodology have been included. 1.1.5 This Scoping Report has been produced in line