The Wrexham (Gas Fired Power Station) Order 6.4.2 Volume 4: Environmental Statement Appendix 7.1: WCBC Correspondence Planning Act 2008 The Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009 PINS Reference Number: EN010055 Document Reference Number: 6.4.2 Regulation Number: 5(2) (a) Lead Author: Atkins Revision: Date: Description: 0 March 2016 Submission version SEC6.4-ES Appendix TABS.indd 6 10/03/2016 09:48 Wong, Joan From: Nicholls, Kay Sent: 18 February 2016 10:44 To: '[email protected]' Subject: FW: Wrexham Energy Centre - Bryn Lane, Wrexham Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Completed Dear Dave, As discussed earlier, Atkins has been commissioned to provide transport inputs to support the proposed development of the Wrexham Energy Centre. The proposed site is located to the east of the Wrexham Industrial Estate, off Bryn Lane as shown on the plan below. As part of the work to date, we have undertaken significant scoping discussions with Wrexham County Borough Council (WCBC) in their jurisdiction as the local highway authority. It is forecast that the development would generate a modest level of traffic once operational. In particular, it is assumed the site will operate two shift patterns, 06:00- 18:00 and 18:00-06:00. The night shift will consist of 10 operational staff while the day shift will consist of 10 operational staff and 10 support staff. A maximum of 30 members of staff are expected to work at the Site. Due to the modest level of traffic generation forecast, it has been agreed with WCBC that it would be appropriate to prepare a Transport Statement to support the development proposals. Since some of the trips are forecast to head to/from the west along the A534 (and towards the A483) we wanted to advise you of the approach to assessment agreed with WCBC and seek your agreement to the preparation of a Transport Statement considering the modest operational impact the proposed development is forecast to have. Thank you. If you wish to discuss this further, please do not hesitate to contact me using the details below. Kind regards, Kay Kay Nicholls Senior Transport Planner, Transportation ATKINS 1 Please note I work Monday, Tuesday and Thursday Find out more about what we do and how we do it – www.atkinsglobal.com The Axis, 10 Holliday Street, Birmingham, B1 1TF Tel: +44 (0)121 483 5677 Email: [email protected] | Web: www.atkinsglobal.com | Careers: www.atkinsglobal.com/careers 2 Wong, Joan From: Nicholls, Kay Sent: 16 February 2016 16:25 To: 'PARRY, Paul' Subject: RE: Wrexham Energy Centre - Bryn Lane, Wrexham Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Completed Thank you for the prompt response Paul. The impact of construction is covered in the Transport Statement and also in detail (along with cumulative construction impacts of other key developments identified by WCBC) in the Environmental Statement. The ES in particular has been scoped in detail with WCBC. Kind regards, Kay Kay Nicholls Senior Transport Planner, Transportation ATKINS Please note I work Monday, Tuesday and Thursday Find out more about what we do and how we do it – www.atkinsglobal.com The Axis, 10 Holliday Street, Birmingham, B1 1TF Tel: +44 (0)121 483 5677 Email: [email protected] | Web: www.atkinsglobal.com | Careers: www.atkinsglobal.com/careers From: PARRY, Paul [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 16 February 2016 16:13 To: Nicholls, Kay <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Wrexham Energy Centre ‐ Bryn Lane, Wrexham Hi Kay Thanks for the email. I am aware of this one as was approached for initial comments on it back in 2014. I’m content with the use of a TS given the scale of operational impact. I presume there will be a separate document that will cover the Construction Traffic impacts? Regards Paul Paul Parry IEng FIHE Principal Development Officer - Team Leader, Highways Development Management Cheshire West and Chester Council 1 Tel: 01244 976136 Email: [email protected] Location: Nicholas House, 1 Black Friars, Chester, CH1 2NU Postal Address: Council Offices, 4 Civic Way, Ellesmere Port, CH65 0BE Visit: www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk From: Nicholls, Kay [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 16 February 2016 15:14 To: PARRY, Paul Subject: Wrexham Energy Centre - Bryn Lane, Wrexham Dear Paul, Your colleague has provided me with you contact details and I hope that you are able to assist with the below. Atkins has been commissioned to provide transport inputs to support the proposed development of the Wrexham Energy Centre. The proposed site is located to the east of the Wrexham Industrial Estate, off Bryn Lane as shown on the plan below. As part of the work to date, we have undertaken significant scoping discussions with Wrexham County Borough Council (WCBC) in their jurisdiction as the local highway authority. It is forecast that the development would generate a modest level of traffic once operational. In particular, it is assumed the site will operate two shift patterns, 06:00- 18:00 and 18:00-06:00. The night shift will consist of 10 operational staff while the day shift will consist of 10 operational staff and 10 support staff. A maximum of 30 members of staff are expected to work at the Site. Due to the modest level of traffic generation forecast, it has been agreed with WCBC that it would be appropriate to prepare a Transport Statement to support the development proposals. As a neighbouring authority we wanted to advise you of the approach to assessment agreed with WCBC and seek your agreement to the preparation of a Transport Statement considering the modest operational impact the proposed development is forecast to have. Thank you. If you wish to discuss this further, please do not hesitate to contact me using the details below. Kind regards, Kay 2 Kay Nicholls Senior Transport Planner, Transportation ATKINS Please note I work Monday, Tuesday and Thursday Find out more about what we do and how we do it – www.atkinsglobal.com The Axis, 10 Holliday Street, Birmingham, B1 1TF Tel: +44 (0)121 483 5677 Email: [email protected] | Web: www.atkinsglobal.com | Careers: www.atkinsglobal.com/careers This email and any attached files are confidential and copyright protected. If you are not the addressee, any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. 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The contents of this e-mail may be subject to privilege. ************************************************************************ 3 Trevor, Martin Subject: FW: Wrexham Energy Centre and Gas Connection (Ref: P/2012/0837) - Traffic & Transport Report Clarifications From: Phil Palmer [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 27 February 2015 09:40 To: Trevor, Martin; Peter Douthwaite Subject: RE: Wrexham Energy Centre and Gas Connection (Ref: P/2012/0837) ‐ Traffic & Transport Report Clarifications Hi Martin We have no issues with the above assumptions. Regards, Phil From: Trevor, Martin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 26 February 2015 16:54 To: Phil Palmer; Peter Douthwaite Subject: RE: Wrexham Energy Centre and Gas Connection (Ref: P/2012/0837) - Traffic & Transport Report Clarifications Dear Phil/Pete, You may remember we had some scoping discussions about the Wrexham Energy Centre and Gas Connection Environmental Statement and Transport Statement, back in September last year. I just wanted to clarify a couple of assumptions made in the report: Staff Vehicle Occupancy Staff are anticipated to travel to the site in a mixture of private vehicles and staff mini buses put on by the contractor. This is in line with standard procedure with construction sites of this size, and the CTMP will promote these and encourage staff to travel to site by means other than single occupancy vehicles. It has therefore been assumed that staff vehicles will have an average vehicle occupancy rate of 2. During the busiest peak of the construction period there may be a maximum of 600 staff on site each day, therefore we have assume 300 vehicle trips arrivals and departures each day. Gas Connection Deliveries The Gas Connection deliveries south of Oak Road are anticipate to consist of less than 5‐10HGVs, and 10 light vehicles per day over a period of 3 weeks. The deliveries for the section of the gas connection south of Oak Road are proposed to access the site route through the existing Maelor Gas Depot. The access route to the Maelor Gas depot has been assessed for suitability but a full assessment of the environmental impact has not been carried out as it is assumed that 5‐10HGVs would not exceed the IEMA threshold to warrant an assessment.