Environmental Statement volume 4 - Chiltern Evergreen3

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ERMChiltern Line, Oxford - BicesterOtter and Water Vole ReportAugust 2009Keystone Environmental LtdThe Old Barn, Park Farm BuildingsBeverston, Tetbury,Gloucestershire, GL8 8TTTel: +44 (0) 1666 503687Fax: +44 (0) 1666 503118Email: Info@keyenv.co.ukWeb: www.keyenv.co.uk
ERMChiltern Line, Oxford - BicesterOtter and Water Vole ReportAugust 2009Revision Date Author Checked Approved0 20/08/09 M Satinet - S Bracken1 5/11/09 M Satinet M Nixon S BrackenDisclaimerCopyright Keystone Environmental Limited. All rights reserved.No part of this report may be copied or reproduced by any means without prior written permission from Keystone Environmental Limited. If youhave received this report in error, please destroy all copies in your possession or control and notify Keystone Environmental Limited.This report has been prepared for the exclusive use of the commissioning party and unless otherwise agreed in writing by KeystoneEnvironmental, no other party may use, make use of or rely on the contents of the report. No liability is accepted by Keystone EnvironmentalLimited for any use of this report, other than for the purposes for which it was originally prepared and provided.Opinions and information provided in the report are on the basis of Keystone Environmental Limited using due skill, care and diligence in thepreparation of the same and no explicit warranty is provided as to their accuracy. It should be noted and it is expressly stated that noindependent verification of any of the documents or information supplied to Keystone Environmental Limited has been made.Keystone Environmental LtdThe Old Barn, Park Farm BuildingsBeverston, Tetbury,Gloucestershire, GL8 8TTTel: +44 (0) 1666 503687Fax: +44 (0) 1666 503118Email: Info@keyenv.co.ukWeb: www.keyenv.co.uk
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Transport and Works Act 1992Transpo
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CONTENTSVOLUME 1INTRODUCTION, SCHEM
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Evergreen 3 Project: The ChilternRa
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CONTENTS1 INTRODUCTION 11.1 PURPOSE
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capacity - which was completed in 2
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identified for railway use in the C
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KEY:Scheme BoundaryBicester North S
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Currently the rail corridor is used
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The CRCL plans for new platforms at
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• cumulatively significant effect
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significant effect may arise in rel
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types arising from the project, (eg
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• construction of new infrastruct
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3.3.3 In addition along the corrido
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WarwickshireNorthamptonshireTingewi
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Habitats3.4.8 ERM undertook a preli
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Habitats3.4.17 The works may involv
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Due to the limited land-take of the
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3.6 ARCHAEOLOGY AND CULTURAL HERITA
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Although smaller, the settlements o
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3.7 TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT3.7.1 Duri
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3.9.3 The purpose of the land quali
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4 METHODOLOGIES FOR ASSESSING ENVIR
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Figure 4.1Diagram Illustrating Nois
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noise level together with the durat
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from station activities. Since the
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4.3.4 The methodology will be based
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Evaluation of Receptor Sensitivity4
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Table 4.7 Levels of Significance of
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4.4 ECOLOGYMethodologyIntroduction4
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4.5 WATER RESOURCESMethodology4.5.1
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Evaluation Criteria4.5.7 With parti
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ased on archaeological work underta
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4.7 TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTMethodolog
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Subject AreaMagnitude of EffectMajo
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not found.. This will be used to de
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• Best practices for soils handli
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5 PREPARATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
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Annex AProposed Consultation Listfo
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ERM has over 100 officesAcross the
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CONTENTSB1 PREFACE 1B1.1 THE PROJEC
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B1PREFACEB1.1 THE PROJECTB1.1.1B1.1
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B1.4.1The “site”, for the purpo
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B2PUBLIC INFORMATION AND COMPLAINTS
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B3HOURS OF WORKINGB3.1.1B3.1.2B3.1.
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B4.1.2All working areas shall be in
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B4.4 ACCESS AND LOADINGB4.4.1B4.4.2
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Contaminated Materials (Special Pre
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B5TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTB5.1 OVERVIE
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that steps are unavoidable, an alte
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(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)The provision of
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(ii) For control of traffic leaving
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B6.1.5B6.1.6In order to ensure that
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B6.2.2In order to ensure that these
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xvi.xvii.Plan site layout and take
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B8DISPOSAL OF WASTE AND CONTAMINATE
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B8.2.8B8.2.9B8.2.10Where necessary,
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B9.2.3B9.2.4B9.2.5B9.2.6B9.2.7Provi
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PPG05: Works and maintenance in or
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B9.8.1B9.8.2B9.8.3B9.8.4B9.8.5B9.8.
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B9.11 EMERGENCY AND UNFORESEEN EVEN
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B10.2.3B10.2.4B10.2.5B10.2.6B10.2.7
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B10.4.7All construction works, incl
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ReptilesB10.4.20In areas where high
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B10.7.2All invasive species recorde
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B11.2.1A programme of building insp
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Annex CSummary of AlternativesConsi
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This Annex describes the Options th
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C1.1.1Chinnor BranchThe former Prin
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C1.2.1Routes via the Bicester Milit
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Figure C2Possible Station Locations
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the east of the station which would
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Bicester Interchange StationThe Che
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Site Options Reason for Selection/R
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Site Options Reason for Selection/R
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Name: Langford Lane LevelCrossingOS
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Name: FootbridgeOS Grid Ref.: Not k
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crossing.Name: Manor Farm No 1 (aka
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access route to Middle Farm in lieu
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Annex DDetails of the Noise andVibr
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D1INTRODUCTIONSection 6 of the ES s
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in order to evaluate the noise clim
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D2.1.2ResultsAmbient noise levels w
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Table D2.4Attended Measurement Surv
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MeasurementPositionDate Time Durati
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Date Time DurationNoise Level (Corr
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Date Time DurationNoise Level (Corr
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70 dB(A) in rural, suburban and urb
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Table D3.2Plant Inventory Represent
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Table D3.8Plant Inventory Represent
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D4OPERATIONAL NOISED4.1 NOISE STAND
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Noise levels (a) Corresponding to t
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D5RAIL NOISE MODELLING METHODOLOGYD
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part of the baseline between Oxford
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Table D5.2 Modelled Train Movements
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an existing through line which cont
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Vibration measurements were carried
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Peak Particle Velocity (PPV)Peak Pa
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Upper ThamesClay ValesCharacter Are
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floodplain, many of which are now o
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Vales of the White Horseand Aylesbu
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Industrial activities at Abingdon a
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Annex F1HRAS
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F1ANNEX F1- HABITATS REGULATIONS AS
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F2APPROACHThe approach taken to inf
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to be favourable. They are set by N
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F4DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND IMPACT
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Table 4.1Potential Impact / Sensiti
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Annex F2Breeding Birds
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The areas with the highest breeding
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Survey methodologyFour rounds of su
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Subsequent analysis of the data col
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Table 3. Chiltern Railway bird spec
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● Dunnock 2prs 2prs 4prs B 3prs 2
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16. Grandpont17. Hinksey fields18.
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Other species of note included spar
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There were eight UK BAP species. Th
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line towards Bicester and the mainl
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There were x UK BAP species: skylar
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ReferencesBirdLife International (2
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ERMChiltern LineBat Dusk and Dawn S
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Chiltern Line September 2009Bat Dus
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Annex F4Great Crested Newts
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F4-2 METHODSF4-2.1DESK STUDY AND CO
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crested newts (see Table 3.1). This
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F4-2.4.5Egg searchThe leaves of sub
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F4-3 RESULTSF4-3.1DESK STUDY AND CO
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Waterbody HSI ScoreRatingNumber34 0
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F4-4 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND RECOMM
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ERMChiltern Line, OxfordGreat Crest
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Chiltern Line, Oxford April 2009Gre
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Chiltern Line, Oxford April 2009Gre
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ERM Habitat Suitability Survey Resu
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3 APPENDIX 3 WATERBODY PHOTOGRAPHSF
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Figure 3.4Pond 8a and bFigure 3.5Po
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Annex G1Legislation and PolicyConte
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and structured approach to local wa
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generally the Environment Agency, b
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The Sequential TestThe Sequential T
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Policy NE9 - Flood Risk Assessment
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Annex G2Flood Risk Assessment(FRA)
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Chiltern Railways Bicester to Oxfor
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4 Surface Water Runoff Assessments
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The railway is an essential infrast
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2 Description of Scheme Works2.1 Ov
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ParkwaysidingsAP15Gosford and Water
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Figure 32.4 AP3 - Bicester Town Sta
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Figure 52.6 AP5 - OXD40 Underbridge
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Figure 72.8 AP7 - Merton Footbridge
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Figure 92.10 AP9 - Oddington Footbr
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Figure 112.12 AP11 - Islip Station
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Figure 132.14 AP13 - Water Eaton No
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Figure 152.16 AP15 - Gosford and Wa
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Figure 172.18 AP17 - Aristotle Lane
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Figure 192.20 AP19 - Oxford Station
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3 Application of the Sequential Tes
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commitments to implement drainage s
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Avoids impacting upon both a Schedu
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600 mm freeboard over the 1 in 100
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AssessmentPointFloodZoneSTRequired?
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Greenfield runoff rates;Current Bro
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Table 3 Summary of impermeable runo
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5 ConclusionsA Level 2 Flood Risk A
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7 Appendix 1: Surface Water RunoffS
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Annex HCultural Heritage andArchaeo
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RCHME 1996 Recording Historic Build
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Table H2.2Gazetteer of Undesignated
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NBicester RoadA4260 Oxford RoadKidl
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Bus Capacity SurveyService 2/2A/2B/
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Bus Capacity SurveyService 7A/7B -
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Bus Capacity SurveyService S5 - AM
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Bus Capacity SurveyService 500 - AM
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Bus Capacity SurveyService 700 - AM
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Bicester Bus Capacity SurveyService
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NCTUBBS LANE FOOT CROSSINGTO BE REP
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Annex I5Parking Accumulation
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Annex I6S-Paramics Model Outputs:Bi
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Annex JAir Quality
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J2DISPERSION MODELLING METHODOLOGY
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J2.3 MODEL INPUTSJ2.3.1Moving Train
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J3DMRB SCREENING FOR ROAD TRAFFICJ3
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Annex KSupporting Calculations forC
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Chiltern Railways Service Level - E
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Table L1Contaminated Land Risk Rank
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- Recreational or other shortterm/s
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Project Team ConsultantsArdent Mana
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