ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF HALLAM LAND MANAGEMENT LTD VOLUME 1 LAND TO THE EAST OF THE FORMER TAMWORTH GOLF COURSE SITE, NORTH OF TAMWORTH ROAD (B5000) AND WEST OF THE M42 OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (UP TO 1540 DWELLINGS), A COMMUNITY HUB, A PRIMARY SCHOOL AND ASSOCIATED GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE AND VEHICULAR ACCESS 1 Environmental Statement Hallam Land Management Ltd Land to East of the Former Tamworth Golf Course CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 6 2. SITE AND SURROUNDINGS 19 3. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT 23 4. PLANNING POLICY CONTEXT 27 5. TRANSPORT AND ACCESS 32 6. NOISE AND VIBRATION 76 7. ECOLOGY 101 8. AIR QUALITY 166 9. HERITAGE 206 10. LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT SURVEY 231 11. WATER ENVIRONMENT 275 12. GEOLOGY AND CONTAMINATION 295 13. SOCIO-ECONOMICS 317 14. POPULATION AND HUMAN HEALTH 342 15. SOILS AND AGRICULTURAL LAND QUALITY 378 16. OPEN SPACE AND PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY 390 17. CONCLUSION 409 1 Appendices Appendix 1.1: Screening Opinion Request and Screening Opinion Appendix 1.2: Scoping Opinion Request and Scoping Opinion Appendix 1.3: Summary of discounted Sites Appendix 1.4: Competency Statement Appendix 4.1: Summary of Relevant Policies within the North Warwickshire Core Strategy (2014) and the Emerging New North Warwickshire local Plan 2017 Appendix 5.1: Transport Assessment Appendix 5.2: Framework Travel Plan Appendix 6.1: Noise Assessment Appendix 6.2: Construction Noise Criteria Appendix 6.3: Construction Noise Code of Practice Appendix 6.4: Schedule of Road Traffic Noise Effects and Road Link Diagram Appendix 7.1: Habitat Descriptions and Botanical Species Appendix 7.2: Badger Survey Report Appendix 7.3: Bat Survey Report Appendix 7.5: Great Crested Newt Survey Report Appendix 7.6: Reptile Survey Report Appendix 7.7: Arboricultural Assessment Appendix 8.1: Legislation, Policy and Guidance Appendix 8.2: Traffic data used in Air Quality Assessment Appendix 8.3: 2016 Wind Rose for Coleshill – Meteorological Recording Station Appendix 8.4: Model Verification Procedure Appendix 8.5: Assessment of Significant Criteria (Methodology) Appendix 8.6: Air Quality Assessment Results Appendix 9.1: Archaeological Desk-based Assessment Report Appendix 9.2: Geophysical Survey Report August 2016 Appendix 9.3: Geophysical Survey Report November 2017 Appendix 10.1: Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment Appendix 10.2: Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment FPCR Methodology and Assessment Criteria 2017 Appendix 10.3: North Warwickshire Landscape Character Assessment Extracts Appendix 10.4: Landscape Effects Table Appendix 10.5: Visual Effects Table Appendix 11.1: Flood Risk Assessment for Phase 1 including Sustainable Drainage Statement Appendix 11.2: Flood Risk Assessment for Phase 2 including Sustainable Drainage Statement Appendix 12.1: Baseline Source Report – Phase 1 Geo-Environmental Assessment (Phase 1) Appendix 12.2: Baseline Source Report – Phase 2 Geo-Environmental Assessment (Phase 1) Appendix 12.3: Baseline Source Report – Phase 1 Geo-Environmental Assessment (Phase 2) Appendix 12.4: Baseline Source Report - Phase 2 Geo-Environmental Assessment (Phase 2) Appendix 14.1: Health Impact Assessment Appendix 14.2: UrHIA Methodology Framework Appendix 14.3: Health Impact Assessment Matrix Appendix 15.1: Soils and Agricultural Quality of Land Robey’s Lane Appendix 15.2: Agricultural Quality of Land in North Warwickshire District Appendix 16.1: Glossary of Guidance for Outdoor Sport and Play (Beyond the Six Acre Standard –England) 2 Figures Figure 1.1: Location Plan Figure 1.2: Plan showing the land within Phase 1 and Phase 2 Figure 2.1: Extent of the Meaningful Gap proposed in the North Warwickshire Local Plan Figure 2.2: Tamworth Golf Course 0088/2015 Site Location Plan Figure 2.3: Tamworth Golf Course 0088/2015 Indicative Masterplan Figure 2.4: Tamworth Golf Course Reserved Matters Approval 0136/2016 Approved Layout 1671-0802-100 G Figure 2.5: Tamworth Golf Course Reserved Matters Approval 0400/2016 Approved Layout 1671-0802-200 H and 1671-0802-220 Figure 2.6: Tamworth Golf Course Reserved Matters Approval 0129/2018 Approved Layout Figure 2.7: Wider Context plan Figure 2.8: Local facilities Plan for Tamworth Figure 2.9: Local Facilities Plan for Polesworth Figure 3.1: Parameters Plan Figure 3.2: Illustrative Masterplan Figure 3.3: Indicative Phasing Plan Figure 4.1: Extent of the site allocation – Land West of Robey’s Lane Figure 7.1: Designated Site Plans Figure 7.2: Phase 1 Habitat Plan Figure 8.1: Air Quality Receptor Locations Figure 9.1: Site Location and Study Area Figure 9.2: Designated Heritage Assets Figure 10.1: Aerial Photograph Figure 10.2A: National Landscape Character Areas Figure 10.2B: County Landscape Character Areas Figure 10.2C: District Character Landscape Areas Figure 10.3: Designations Figure 10.4: Topography Figure 10.5: Viewpoint Location Plan Figure 10.6: Photo Viewpoints 1 & 2 Figure 10.7: Photo Viewpoints 3 & 4 Figure 10.8: Photo Viewpoints 5 & 6 Figure 10.9: Photo Viewpoints 7 & 8 Figure 10.10: Photo Viewpoints 9 & 10 Figure 10.11: Photo Viewpoint 11 Figure 10.12: Photo Viewpoint 12A & 12B Figure 10.13: Photo Viewpoint 13A & 13B Figure 10.14: Photo Viewpoint 14 Figure 10.15: Photo Viewpoint 15 Figure 10.16: Photo Viewpoint 16 Figure 10.17: Photo Viewpoint 17 Figure 10.18: Photo Viewpoint 18 Figure 10.19: Photo Viewpoint 19 Figure 10.20: Photo Viewpoint 20 Figure 10.21: Photo Viewpoint 21 Figure 10.22: Representative Views from M42 Southbound Figure 10.23: Representative Views from M42 Northbound Figure 13.1: Age Structure of Residential Population (2011) Figure 13.2: Housing Tenure (Census 2011) Figure 13.3: Average House Prices Figure 14.1: Determinants of Health Figure 16.1: Position of existing open space by typology Figure 16.2: Proposed position of NEAPS and LEAPS 3 Tables Table 1.1: Requirement of Schedule 4 of the Regulations Table 1.2: List of ES Chapters Table 1.3: Structure of Technical Chapters Table 1.4: Impact Definition Table 1.5: Scale of Impact Definition Table 5.1: Significance Criteria for the Assessment Table 5.2: Pedestrian Severance and Fear / Intimidation Table 5.3: 2016 Baseline Traffic Flows Table 5.4: Existing Levels of Severance and Fear/ Intimidation Table 5.5: 2026 Baseline Traffic Flows Table 5.6: 2026 Forecast Traffic Flows Table 5.7: 2026 Baseline and Forecast Year (including development) Percentage Change in vehicular movements Table 5.8: 2026 Baseline and Forecast Year Severance Levels (with and without development) Table 5.9: 2026 Baseline and Forecast Year Fear and Intimidation Comparison (with and without development) Table 5.10: Summary of Likely Significant and Residual Impacts of Development Table 6.1: Summary of Noise Exposure Hierarchy (from NPPG) Table 6.2: Road Network Noise Assessment Criteria Table 7.1: Protected and Notable Species Records Table 7.2: Habitat types recorded within the Site Table 7.3: Protected/Notable Fauna Summary Table 7.3: Summary of Important Features Table 7.4: Potential Impacts of Habitat Loss on Birds of Conservation Concern Table 7.5: Residual Effects Summary Table 8.1: Existing Dust Sensitive Receptors – Human Receptors Table 8.2: Existing Sensitive Receptor Locations Table 8.3: Proposed Sensitive Receptor Locations Table 8.4: NO2 Monitoring Data Used for Verification Purposes Table 8.5: 2016 Background Pollutant Concentrations Used in the Air Quality Assessment Obtained from the 2015-based Defra Default Concentration Maps Table 8.6: 2026 Background Pollutant Concentrations Used in the Air Quality Assessment Obtained from the 2015-based Defra Default Concentration Maps Table 8.7: 2030 Background Pollutant Concentrations Used in the Air Quality Assessment Obtained from the 2015-based Defra Default Concentration Maps Table 8.8: Predicted NO2, PM10 and PM2.6 concentrations at Existing Sensitive Receptor Locations for 2016 Base Year Scenario Table 8.9: Predicted NO2, PM10 and PM2.6 concentrations at Existing Sensitive Receptor Locations for 2026 Opening Year and 2030 Future Year ‘Without Development’ Scenarios Table 8.10: Construction Phase Dust Assessment Table 8.11: Predicted NO2, PM10 and PM2.6 concentrations at Existing Sensitive Receptor Locations for 2026 ‘Without Development’ and ‘With Development’ Scenarios Table 8.12: Impact on NO2 Concentrations Table 8.13: Impact on PM10 Concentrations Table 8.14: Impact on PM2.6 Concentrations Table 8.15: Predicted NO2, PM10 and PM2.6 concentrations at Existing Sensitive Receptor Locations for 2026 ‘With Development’ Scenario Table 8.16: Predicted NO2, PM10 and PM2.6 concentrations at Existing Sensitive Receptor Locations for 2030 ‘Without Development’ and ‘With Development’ Scenarios Table 8.17: Impact on NO2 Concentrations Table 8.18: Impact on PM10 Concentrations 4 Table 8.19: Impact on PM2.5 Concentrations Table 8.20: Predicted NO2, PM10 and PM2.6 concentrations at Existing Sensitive Receptor Locations for 2030 ‘With Development’ Scenario Table 9.1: Criteria for determining the sensitivity of heritage assets Table 9.2: Criteria for determining magnitude of impact Table 9.3: Guidelines for determining significant of effect Table 11.1: Sensitivity of Resource Table 11.2: Magnitude of Effect Table 11.3: Significant of Impacts Table 11.4: Summary Table of Significance Table 12.1: Receptor Sensitivity Table 12.2: Significant of Impacts Table 12.3: Significant Level Definitions Table 12.4: Possible Mitigation Measures Table 12.5: Existing Pollutant Linkages Table 12.6: Assessment Summary Table 13.1: Impact Definition Table 13.2: Scale of