HIGH SPEED RAIL (LONDON – WEST MIDLANDS) BILL SELECT COMMITTEE SITE VISIT 11 June 2015 CFA 10 &11 Aylesbury MP Constituency ID no. Activity type Timings Location Issue CFA 10 • Meet bus at Wendover Train Station car park 1. START 09:15 Wendover Train Station car park • Passengers for morning to board bus TRAVEL 09:15-09:30 Drive to Wendover Dean Cottages • View Wendover Dean Viaduct 2. PAUSE 09:30-09:35 Wendover Dean Cottages • Discuss loss of Durham Farm TRAVEL 09:35-09:40 Drive to King’s Ash • View proposed site of Wendover Viaduct and the Misbourne Valley from 3. STOP 09:40-09:50 King’s Ash King’s Ash • Hear request for sensitive design of viaduct to reduce landscape impacts TRAVEL 09:50-09:53 Drive to layby on London Road A413 • View site of where Wendover Viaduct planned to cross A413 from layby 4. STOP 09:53-10:08 Wendover Viaduct crossing point • Gain an appreciation of the scale of the viaduct structure • Hear concerns about impact of several construction compounds nearby TRAVEL 10:08-10:12 Drive to Wendover Campus • Pause outside front gates to hear concerns about accessing the school 5. PAUSE 10:12-10:17 Wendover Campus and disruption to it during the construction phase TRAVEL 10:17-10:18 Walk to St Mary’s Church • Opportunity for community to meet Select Committee 6. STOP 10:18-10:38 St Mary’s Church Wendover • Hear concerns about the impact of noise on the Church and impact on it as a community asset, place of worship and concert venue Drive to Bacombe Lane via Hale Road and TRAVEL 10:38-10:43 Wendover High Street 1 • View site of two construction compounds at the back of homes 7. STOP 10:43-10:53 Bacombe Lane Railway bridge • View site of cut and cover tunnel portal TRAVEL 10:53-10:55 Drive to Pound Lane/ High Street Junction 8. STOP 10:55-11:10 Site of weekly market on High Street • Opportunity for community to meet Select Committee • Note properties on left immediately after railway bridge to be TRAVEL 11:10-11:12 Drive to Ellesborough Road demolished for construction of cut and cover tunnel • View proximity of homes to the line and cut and cover tunnel 9. STOP 11:12-11:27 Ellesborough Road • View of Wendover Cricket Club and Ian Rennie Memorial Woodland Continue drive down Ellesborough Road to TRAVEL 11:27-11:29 Coombe Hill via Missenden Road • View Aylesbury Vale and Chilterns AONB and gain appreciation of 10. STOP 11:29-12:09 Coombe Hill landscape the proposed route covers TRAVEL 12:09-12:19 Drive to Nash Lee Lane • Hear concerns about location of construction compound, new road 11. PAUSE 12:19-12:24 Nash Lee Lane bridge and the impact of noise on properties Nash Lee Lane to Old Risborough TRAVEL 12:24-12:29 Road/Goat Centre • Hear concerns about the impact of the scheme on businesses 12. PAUSE 12:29-12:34 Old Risborough Road/Goat Centre • View proposed site of Maintenance Loop • Hear concerns about noise impacts on properties TRAVEL 12:34-12:37 Drive to Stoke House 13. STOP 12:37-12:52 Stoke House • Impacts on stoke house and Old St Mary’s Church and maintenance loop TRAVEL 12:52-12:55 Drive to Stoke Mandeville for lunch CFA 11 14. LUNCH 12:55-13:40 Lunch TBC TRAVEL 13:40-13:47 Drive along Lower Road to Belmore Centre • Discuss the proposed location of bypass 15. PAUSE 13:47-13:52 Belmore Centre car park TRAVEL 13:52-13:55 Drive Stoke Mandeville Hospital 2 • Hear concerns about maintaining emergency access routes during the 16. PAUSE 13:55-13:58 Stoke Mandeville Hospital construction phase TRAVEL 13:58-14:02 Drive to Booker Park School • Opportunity for community to meet Select Committee • Hear concerns about the proximity of the school to the proposed line 17. STOP 14:02-14:27 Booker Park School and the noise impacts associated with this • and the potential noise impacts on the school Drive to Oat Close via Bowler Road, TRAVEL 14:27-14:35 Hawkslade Furlong and Isis Close • View proximity of housing to proposed line of route • Hear requests for additional mitigation 18. STOP 14:35-14:45 Oat Close • Discuss extent of properties that will experience noise impacts from the scheme TRAVEL 14:45-14:50 Drive to The Willows via Walton Court • Hear concerns about the impact of the scheme on pylons and flood 19. PAUSE 14:50-14:53 The Willows management TRAVEL 14:53-15:05 Drive to Sedrup via A418 • Note this is a proposed construction route • Hear concerns about the impact of realigning the A418 • Hear proposals for mitigation of noise impacts 20. STOP 15:05-15:25 Sedrup • Opportunity for residents of Bishopstone and Sedrup to meet Select Committee TRAVEL 15:25-15:29 Drive to Lower Hartwell Farm • Note breach in wall of Hartwell Estate 21. PAUSE 15:29-15:33 Lower Hartwell Farm • View east over Aylesbury Vale and Hartwell House Avenue TRAVEL 15:33-15:35 Drive to Hartwell House • Hear concerns about the impact on the heritage value of the property, 22. STOP 15:35-15:45 Hartwell House loss of tranquillity and visual impact TRAVEL 15:45-16:05 Walk to Aylesbury Park Golf Club • Hear concerns about the loss of business as a result of the scheme 23. STOP 16:05-16:25 Aylesbury Park Golf Club • Hear Linear Park proposals and Nation Trust Green Bank mitigation proposals 3 Meet bus and drive to Coldharbour Way TRAVEL 16:25-16:30 and Rabans Lane • Opportunity for community to meet Select Committee 24. STOP 16:30-16:55 Fairford Leys Centre • View a number of properties close to the line • Hear concerns about noise impacts Drive to Putlowes Farm, Along A41 leaving TRAVEL 16:55-17:02 Aylesbury Putlowes Farm/Putlowes junction with A41 25. PAUSE 17:02-17:05 • Hear concerns about the impact of the line on the Farm (Fleet Marston) END 4 .