Cheshire Planning Submission

Environmental Statement:

SECTION   1: INTRODUCTION
SECTION   2: APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
SECTION   3: DESCRIPTION OF THE SITE
SECTION   4: DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT
SECTION   5: ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED
SECTION   6: PLANNING POLICY CONTEXT
SECTION   7: SOCIO-ECONOMIC
SECTION   8: TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT
SECTION   9: AIR QUALITY
SECTION 10: NOISE AND VIBRATION
SECTION 11: LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL
SECTION 12: ARCHAEOLOGY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
SECTION 13: SOLID WASTE
SECTION 14: HYDROLOGY, GEOLOGY, SOILS AND WATER QUALITY
SECTION 15: ECOLOGY AND NATURE CONSERVATION
SECTION 16: HEALTH IMPACTS
SECTION 17: CUMULATIVE IMPACTS
 

Figures:

Introduction

Figure 1.1 – Site Location Plan
Figure 1.2 – Application Boundary
Figure 1.3 – EfW Site Layout

Air

Figure 9.4   – 19th Highest N02 Ground Level Concentrations
Figure 9.5   – Annual Average N02 Ground Level Concentrations
Figure 9.6   – 36th Highest 15 Minute Mean S02
Figure 9.7   – 25th Highest Hourly S02
Figure 9.8   – 4th Highest 24 Hour S02
Figure 9.9   – 8th Highest Daily PM10
Figure 9.10 – 8 Hour Running Mean
Figure 9.11 – Hourly Maximum HCl
Figure 9.12 – Annual Average HCl

Landscape

Figure 11.1 – Landscape context
Figure 11.2 – Aerial photograph of site
Figure 11.3 – Zone of theoretical visibility highest building point (48m high)
Figure 11.4 – Zone of theoretical visibility top of stack (80m high)
Figure 11.5 – Landscape character
Figure 11.6 – Illustrative viewpoint locations
Figure 11.7 – Illustrative viewpoints

Archaeology & Cultural Heritage

Figure 12.1   – Location of Application Site
Figure 12.2   – Gazetteer of Sites
Figure 12.3   – Geophysical Survey Results from 2003 (after GSB prospection 2003)
Figure 12.4   – Location of Evaluation Trenches from 2003 (after OA North 2003)
Figure 12.5   – Extract from Bryant’s Map of Cheshire 1831
Figure 12.6   – Map of Newton Farm 1843
Figure 12.7   – Extract from Ordnance Survey First Edition, 25”:1 mile, 1872
Figure 12.8   – Extract from Ordnance Survey First Edition, 25”:1 mile, 1898
Figure 12.9   – Extract from Ordnance Survey First Edition, 25”:1 mile, 1909
Figure 12.10 – Extract from the Ordnance Survey, 6”:1 mile, 1938

Ecology

Figure 15.1 – Site plan showing statutory & non-statutory sites of conservation within 10km of the proposed Covanta plant
Figure 15.2 – Extended Phase 1 Habitat Map
Figure 17.1 – Developments identified in the Cumulative Impacts Assessment

Appendices:

Appendix A.1 – Abbreviation List
Appendix A.2 – Glossary
Appendix B.1 – Scoping Opinion and report
Appendix B.2 – Covanta EfW Scoping Opinion Response
Appendix B.3 – Statutory and Non-Statutory Consultees
Appendix B.4 – Cheshire Energy from Waste Proposal Newsletter
Appendix B.5 – Proposed Plots 61 & 63 Feasibility Site Layouts
Appendix C.1 – Midpoint 18, Middlewich – Occupiers
Appendix C.2 – EfW Organogram & Job Descriptions
Appendix D.1 – Transport Assessment
Appendix D.2 – Travel Plan
Appendix D.3 – Rail Feasibility Study
Appendix E.1 – Glossary of Acoustics Terminology
Appendix E.2 – Baseline Noise Report
Appendix E.3 – Turbine Hall Noise Prediction Calculations
Appendix E.4 – Materials Recovery Building Noise Calculations
Appendix E.5 – Front End Treatment Facility Noise Calculations
Appendix E.6 – Noise Location Plan
Appendix F.1 – Indicative Landscape Proposals
Appendix F.2 – Photomontage Methodology
Appendix G.1 – Cultural and Archaeological Data Historical and Archaeological Background
Appendix H.1 – Flood Risk Assessment
Appendix H.2 – Geo-environmental Study and Preliminary Risk Assessment for Midpoint 18, Plot 63, Volume 1 of 2, January 2008
Appendix H.3 – Geotechnical Ground Investigation at Midpoint 18, Plot 63, Middlewich, September 2008
Appendix I.1 – Designated Sites Citations
Appendix I.2 – Badger Survey
Appendix I.3 – Otter and Water Vole Survey
Appendix I.4 – Breeding Bird Survey
Appendix I.5 – Great Crested Newt Survey
Appendix I.6 – Lesser Silver Water Beetle Surveys
Appendix I.7 – Great Crested Newt Mitigation Strategy