Wheelabrator Harewood Waste to Energy Facility WTI EfW Holdings Ltd. Wheelabrator Harewood Waste to Energy Facility EIA Scoping Report WTI EfW Holdings Ltd. Document Ref: 60568515 February 2019 Wheelabrator Harewood Waste to Energy Facility WTI EfW Holdings Ltd. Quality information Prepared by Checked by Verified by Approved by KS FH NT RL Revision History Revision Revision date Details Authorized Name Position 1 21.02.19 Final for PINS 21.02.19 NT Technical Director submission Wheelabrator Harewood Waste to Energy Facility WTI EfW Holdings Ltd. Prepared for: WTI EfW Holdings Ltd. Prepared by: AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited 3rd Floor, Portwall Place Portwall Lane Bristol BS1 6NA United Kingdom T: +44 117 901 7000 aecom.com © 2019 AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited. All Rights Reserved. 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Table of Contents 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Consenting and Regulatory Regime .......................................................................... 4 1.3 The Purpose of Scoping in the Environmental Impact Assessment Process ............. 5 1.4 The Need for the Proposed Development.................................................................. 8 2 Description of the Existing Environment ......................................................... 11 2.1 Site Description ....................................................................................................... 11 2.2 Site History .............................................................................................................. 14 2.3 Potential Environmental Receptors.......................................................................... 14 3 Proposed Development Description ............................................................... 18 3.1 The Proposed Development Description ................................................................. 18 3.2 Preparation of the Site ............................................................................................. 19 3.3 Plant Description ..................................................................................................... 21 3.4 Grid and Utilities Connections ................................................................................. 21 3.5 Fuel Description ...................................................................................................... 22 3.6 Operations and Access ........................................................................................... 22 3.7 Process Description................................................................................................. 22 3.8 Indicative Programme.............................................................................................. 24 3.9 Construction Environmental Management Plan ....................................................... 24 4 Consideration of Alternatives ......................................................................... 26 5 Planning Policy Context ................................................................................. 27 5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 27 5.2 National Policy Statements ...................................................................................... 27 5.3 National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) .......................................................... 29 5.4 National Waste Policy.............................................................................................. 29 5.5 The Development Plan ............................................................................................ 30 6 Proposed EIA Methodology ........................................................................... 32 6.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 32 6.2 EIA Methodology ..................................................................................................... 32 6.3 Environmental Design and Management Measures ................................................ 33 6.4 Approach to Assessment Scenarios ........................................................................ 33 6.5 Approach to Significance Criteria............................................................................. 34 6.6 Approach to Effect Interactions and Cumulative Effects Assessment ...................... 36 7 Potentially Significant Environmental Effects ................................................. 39 7.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 39 7.2 Traffic and Transport ............................................................................................... 39 7.3 Air Quality ................................................................................................................ 44 Wheelabrator Harewood Waste to Energy Facility WTI EfW Holdings Ltd. 7.4 Human Health Assessment ..................................................................................... 46 7.5 Noise and Vibration ................................................................................................. 47 7.6 Ecology ................................................................................................................... 49 7.7 Water Resources ..................................................................................................... 56 7.8 Ground Conditions .................................................................................................. 60 7.9 Archaeology and Cultural Heritage .......................................................................... 64 7.10 Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment ............................................................. 70 7.11 Climate Change....................................................................................................... 74 7.12 Socio-economics and Land use ............................................................................... 80 8 Environmental Topics to be Scoped out of the EIA ........................................ 84 8.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 84 8.2 Aviation ................................................................................................................... 84 8.3 Major Accidents and Disasters ................................................................................ 84 8.4 Electronic Interference ............................................................................................. 85 8.5 Daylight, Sunlight and Overshadowing .................................................................... 86 9 Proposed Structure of the Environmental Statement ..................................... 87 9.2 Structure of Technical Chapters .............................................................................. 89 10 Summary and Conclusions ............................................................................ 91 10.1 Conclusion .............................................................................................................. 91 10.2 Summary of Environmental Topics .......................................................................... 91 11 References ..................................................................................................... 94 12 Glossary ....................................................................................................... 100 Figures Figure 1-1: Site Location Plan ............................................................................................... 3 Figure 2-1: Aerial Photograph of the Site ............................................................................ 13 Figure 2-2: Known Environmental Considerations within 5km ............................................. 17 Figure 3-1: Permanent and Temporary Land Take .............................................................. 20 Tables Table 1-1: Information provided in this Scoping Report (based on Advice Note Seven) ........ 6 Table 6-1: Example Significance Criteria ............................................................................ 35 Table 7-1: Criteria defining magnitude of change in traffic flow ........................................... 42 Wheelabrator Harewood Waste to Energy Facility WTI EfW Holdings Ltd. Table 7-2: Assessment of Significance Effects Matrix – Transport ...................................... 42 Table 7-3: Potential Traffic and Transport Effects ............................................................... 43 Table 7-4: Desk Study Data Sources .................................................................................