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HS2 Phase 2a environmental statement

This collection of documents includes the environmental statement and associated information for HS2 Phase 2a.

The High Speed Two (HS2) Phase 2a environmental statement was produced to accompany the High Speed Rail (West Midlands to Crewe) Bill and outlines:

  • the likely significant environmental effects along the route
  • measures we will take to manage, reduce and monitor these effects

Our consultation, which closed on 30 September 2017, gave you the chance to comment on the environmental statement. The results (once available) can be viewed on the environmental statement consultation page.

Since deposit of the High Speed Rail (West Midlands to Crewe) Bill, changes and amendments to the Phase 2a scheme have been proposed. The environmental assessment of these changes and amendments are presented in the Supplementary Environmental Statement 1 and Additional Provision 1 Environmental Statement (March 2018) and the Supplementary Environmental Statement 2 and Additional Provision 2 Environmental Statement (February 2019).

Guide to the environmental statement

The guide does not form part of the environmental statement, but provides an explanation of what it is and what it contains.

Non-technical summary

This provides a summary, in non-technical language, of the HS2 Phase 2a environmental statement.

Volume 1: Introduction and methodology

An introduction to the environmental statement and an overview of the route and the environmental impact assessment process.

Volume 2: Community area reports and maps

This volume contains five reports and associated map books. The reports described the likely significant environmental effects of Phase 2a in geographical areas (known as ‘community areas’) along the route.

Volume 3: Route-wide effects

The likely significant environmental effects of Phase 2a which are likely to occur on a greater scale than the effects described in ‘Volume 2: Community area reports and map books’.

Volume 4: Off-route effects

The likely significant effects of Phase 2a at locations beyond the route corridor, including a map book showing the locations in which these effects have been identified.

Volume 5: Route-wide environmental reports and maps

Listed by topic, these technical reports and maps outline the environmental effects of building and operating HS2 Phase 2a. These support the other volumes of the Environmental Statement.

Volume 5: Environmental reports and maps by community area

These technical reports and map books are specific to each community area (CA). They contain assessments of the environmental effects of building and operating Phase 2a of HS2. These support the other volumes of the Environmental Statement.

Volume 5: Supporting information and planning

Technical information and associated map books which provide supporting information for the other volumes of the Phase 2a environmental statement.

Background information and data

These documents are not part of the HS2 Phase 2a Environmental Statement but have been used to inform reports on the environmental effects of building and operating Phase 2a.

Plan and profile maps

These plan and profile maps are supplementary to the environmental statement map books and are provided here for reference purposes only.

Updates to this page

Published 17 July 2017
Last updated 8 February 2019 + show all updates
  1. Updated to reflect AP2

  2. First published.