NCC RECEIVED 09/01/2017 Prepared by AECOM Royal Court Basil Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 7SL January 2017 Barnby Moor Quarry Environmental Scoping Report NCC RECEIVED AECOM 09/01/2017Barnby Moor Quarry Revision Schedule Barnby Moor Quarry Project: 60522418 Rev Date Details Prepared by Reviewed by Approved by 01 January 2017 Submission Chris Nicoll Imogen Scotney Chris Nicoll Principal Planner Planning Consultant Principal Planner (Minerals and Waste) (Minerals and Waste) (Minerals and Waste) Environmental Scoping Report January 2017 NCC RECEIVED AECOM B09/01/2017arnby Moor Quarry ii Table of Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Preamble ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Referencing ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.4 Purpose of this Report ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 2 Site and Surroundings........................................................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Location and Land Use.................................................................................................................................................... 3 2.2 Topography ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 2.3 Site & Planning History .................................................................................................................................................... 3 2.4 Geology ........................................................................................................................................................................... 3 2.5 Designations .................................................................................................................................................................... 3 3 Proposed Development ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 3.1 Scheme Outline ............................................................................................................................................................... 6 3.2 Reserves & Timescales ................................................................................................................................................... 6 3.3 Site Access ...................................................................................................................................................................... 6 3.4 Operational Works ........................................................................................................................................................... 7 3.5 Traffic Generation ............................................................................................................................................................ 7 3.6 Backfilling with Silt ........................................................................................................................................................... 7 3.7 Hours of Operation .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 3.8 Restoration ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7 3.9 Employment .................................................................................................................................................................... 8 3.10 Use of Resources ............................................................................................................................................................ 8 4 Baseline Environmental Conditions ..................................................................................................................................... 9 4.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................... 9 4.2 Agriculture and Soils ....................................................................................................................................................... 9 4.3 Landscape and Visual ..................................................................................................................................................... 9 4.4 Transport ....................................................................................................................................................................... 10 4.5 Natural Heritage (Ecology) ............................................................................................................................................ 10 4.6 Noise & Vibration ........................................................................................................................................................... 13 4.7 Archaeology and Cultural Heritage ................................................................................................................................ 13 4.8 Air Quality/Dust ............................................................................................................................................................. 13 4.9 Hydrology and Hydrogeology ........................................................................................................................................ 13 5 Potential Environmental Effects of the Scheme ................................................................................................................ 14 5.1 General.......................................................................................................................................................................... 14 5.2 Soil Resources .............................................................................................................................................................. 14 5.3 Landscape and Visual ................................................................................................................................................... 14 5.4 Transport ....................................................................................................................................................................... 14 5.5 Natural Heritage (Ecology) ............................................................................................................................................ 14 5.6 Noise & Vibration ........................................................................................................................................................... 14 5.7 Archaeology and Cultural Heritage ................................................................................................................................ 15 5.8 Hydrology (including Flood Risk) ................................................................................................................................... 15 5.9 Hydrogeology ................................................................................................................................................................ 15 5.10 Air Quality (Dust) ........................................................................................................................................................... 15 5.11 Community, Socio Economic and Amenity Considerations ........................................................................................... 15 5.12 Cumulative and Combined Effects ................................................................................................................................ 16 6 Proposed Weighting of EIA Topics .................................................................................................................................... 17 6.1 General.......................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Environmental Scoping Report January 2017 NCC RECEIVED AECOM B09/01/2017arnby Moor Quarry iii 7 Proposed EIA Methodology ................................................................................................................................................ 19 7.1 General.......................................................................................................................................................................... 19 7.2 Environmental Assessment (topic by topic) ..................................................................................................................