A417 Missing Link - Land Use Change Carbon Emissions
Dear Highways England Company Limited,
I refer to document - A417 Missing Link, TR010056, 6.2 Environmental Statement, Chapter 14 Climate.
Please provide all the detailed calculations and source information (where spreadsheet calculations are involved, please provide a SOURCE spreadsheet file EXCEL/XLS, not a PDF, derived from it )for:
A) the 9,960tCO2e, at Table 14-15, of "Land use change (D); future loss of ability to sequester carbon from habitats lost during construction (over the 60 year assessment period)" emissions
B) the 10,793tCO2e, at Table 14-16, of "Land use and forestry (D): future ability to sequester carbon from habitats gained (over the 60 year assessment period)" emissions
C) any calculations, or further evidience, related to the statement at 14.5.9 "The calculation for ‘habitats gained’ is likely to moderately overestimate sequestration rates due to the time taken for the habitats to establish." ie: data quantifying the overestimation involved
D) the full data behind the statement at 14.6.9 "For the calculation of GHG emissions associated with ongoing land use change/sequestration (module D), the study area is defined by the total areas of loss and total areas of gain of habitats within the DCO Boundary. The estimated emissions were calculated based on UK Government data on emissions/sequestration by land type (per unit area) per local authority area. The scheme is located within Tewkesbury Borough and Cotswold District, and an average of these local authority figures was taken to calculate the total loss and total gain for each habitat type (per year and over the 60 year operational period)." This may be covered by A, B and C above.
E) The full data which supports the statement at 14.5.9 "Emissions from immediate loss/disturbance of habitats (e.g. those mobilised from vegetation or soil loss during construction) are excluded from the calculation due to their likely minor magnitude compared to sequestration, uncertainty and the limited information available on immediate losses." ie your data that provides a quantification of the "minor magnitude" of land use change emissions from land clearance.
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Boswell
Dear Mr Boswell
Thank you for your email on 06 July regarding the A417 Missing Link at Air
Balloon Environment Statement.
This is an interim response to let you know that we are dealing with your
Environmental Information Request (EIR). We are following the correct EIR
process to ensure we deliver a response to you within 20 working days.
We aim to respond to you by 03 August 2021.
In the meantime, please let me know if you have any queries or concerns.
Kind regards
Jordan
Jordan Fortune | Project Support Executive
Regional Investment Programme, South West |
Highways England | Temple Quay House | 2 The Square, Temple Quay | Bristol
| BS1 6HA
Tel: 0300 123 5000
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From: CCC Closed Calls
Sent: 06 July 2021 06:02
To: FOI Advice <[1][email address]>
Subject: 21979403 - Freedom of Information HECCC:0031203
Hi,
A case has been assigned to you in Highways England CCC's CRM system.
Details from the case follow:
Case Identifiers
Case Number: 21979403
Control Works log Number:
Customer
Andrew Boswell
Organisation:
Mobile:
Landline:
Email: [FOI #770835 email]
Preferred Contact Method:
Contact Method Notes:
Address:
Description
Dear Highways England Company Limited,
I refer to document - A417 Missing Link, TR010056, 6.2 Environmental
Statement, Chapter 14 Climate.
Please provide all the detailed calculations and source information (where
spreadsheet calculations are involved, please provide a SOURCE spreadsheet
file EXCEL/XLS, not a PDF, derived from it )for:
A) the 9,960tCO2e, at Table 14-15, of "Land use change (D); future loss of
ability to sequester carbon from habitats lost during construction (over
the 60 year assessment period)" emissions
B) the 10,793tCO2e, at Table 14-16, of "Land use and forestry (D): future
ability to sequester carbon from habitats gained (over the 60 year
assessment period)" emissions
C) any calculations, or further evidience, related to the statement at
14.5.9 "The calculation for ‘habitats gained’ is likely to moderately
overestimate sequestration rates due to the time taken for the habitats to
establish." ie: data quantifying the overestimation involved
D) the full data behind the statement at 14.6.9 "For the calculation of
GHG emissions associated with ongoing land use change/sequestration
(module D), the study area is defined by the total areas of loss and total
areas of gain of habitats within the DCO Boundary. The estimated emissions
were calculated based on UK Government data on emissions/sequestration by
land type (per unit area) per local authority area. The scheme is located
within Tewkesbury Borough and Cotswold District, and an average of these
local authority figures was taken to calculate the total loss and total
gain for each habitat type (per year and over the 60 year operational
period)." This may be covered by A, B and C above.
E) The full data which supports the statement at 14.5.9 "Emissions from
immediate loss/disturbance of habitats (e.g. those mobilised from
vegetation or soil loss during construction) are excluded from the
calculation due to their likely minor magnitude compared to sequestration,
uncertainty and the limited information available on immediate losses." ie
your data that provides a quantification of the "minor magnitude" of land
use change emissions from land clearance.
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Boswell
Dear Mr Boswell
Thank you for your email on 05 July requesting for information about Land
Use Change Carbon Emissions.
Firstly, apologies for the delay in our response to this request.
We are dealing with this request under the terms of the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004. This is because the information requested
concerns measures and activities affecting or likely to affect elements of
the environment or affect factors such as noise, pollution discharges and
other releases into the environment.
I am writing to confirm that we have now completed our search for the
information, which you requested. This information is attached, including
our response.
More information on the scheme is available on our website [1]here, and
our application is available to review on PINS’ website [2]here.
To help us identify and make improvements to our responses I’d be very
grateful if you could please take our feedback survey, by [3]clicking
here.
Please let us know if you have any further questions by contacting the
scheme at [4][email address] or 0300 123 5000.
Yours sincerely,
Michael
Michael Goddard
Project Director
A417 Missing Link at Air Balloon
Regional Investment Programme South West
Highways England | Temple Quay House | 2 The Square, Temple Quay | Bristol
| BS1 6HA
Tel: 0300 123 5000
Web: [5]https://highwaysengland.co.uk/projects/a...
From: A417 Missing Link at Air Balloon
Sent: 28 July 2021 16:34
To: [FOI #770835 email]
Cc: A417 Missing Link at Air Balloon <[email address]>
Subject: Highways England Interim Response: A417 missing link land use
change carbon emissions
Dear Mr Boswell
Thank you for your email on 06 July regarding the A417 Missing Link at Air
Balloon Environment Statement.
This is an interim response to let you know that we are dealing with your
Environmental Information Request (EIR). We are following the correct EIR
process to ensure we deliver a response to you within 20 working days.
We aim to respond to you by 03 August 2021.
In the meantime, please let me know if you have any queries or concerns.
Kind regards
Jordan
Jordan Fortune | Project Support Executive
Regional Investment Programme, South West |
Highways England | Temple Quay House | 2 The Square, Temple Quay | Bristol
| BS1 6HA
Tel: 0300 123 5000
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From: CCC Closed Calls
Sent: 06 July 2021 06:02
To: FOI Advice <[6][email address]>
Subject: 21979403 - Freedom of Information HECCC:0031203
Hi,
A case has been assigned to you in Highways England CCC's CRM system.
Details from the case follow:
Case Identifiers
Case Number: 21979403
Control Works log Number:
Customer
Andrew Boswell
Organisation:
Mobile:
Landline:
Email: [FOI #770835 email]
Preferred Contact Method:
Contact Method Notes:
Address:
Description
Dear Highways England Company Limited,
I refer to document - A417 Missing Link, TR010056, 6.2 Environmental
Statement, Chapter 14 Climate.
Please provide all the detailed calculations and source information (where
spreadsheet calculations are involved, please provide a SOURCE spreadsheet
file EXCEL/XLS, not a PDF, derived from it )for:
A) the 9,960tCO2e, at Table 14-15, of "Land use change (D); future loss of
ability to sequester carbon from habitats lost during construction (over
the 60 year assessment period)" emissions
B) the 10,793tCO2e, at Table 14-16, of "Land use and forestry (D): future
ability to sequester carbon from habitats gained (over the 60 year
assessment period)" emissions
C) any calculations, or further evidience, related to the statement at
14.5.9 "The calculation for ‘habitats gained’ is likely to moderately
overestimate sequestration rates due to the time taken for the habitats to
establish." ie: data quantifying the overestimation involved
D) the full data behind the statement at 14.6.9 "For the calculation of
GHG emissions associated with ongoing land use change/sequestration
(module D), the study area is defined by the total areas of loss and total
areas of gain of habitats within the DCO Boundary. The estimated emissions
were calculated based on UK Government data on emissions/sequestration by
land type (per unit area) per local authority area. The scheme is located
within Tewkesbury Borough and Cotswold District, and an average of these
local authority figures was taken to calculate the total loss and total
gain for each habitat type (per year and over the 60 year operational
period)." This may be covered by A, B and C above.
E) The full data which supports the statement at 14.5.9 "Emissions from
immediate loss/disturbance of habitats (e.g. those mobilised from
vegetation or soil loss during construction) are excluded from the
calculation due to their likely minor magnitude compared to sequestration,
uncertainty and the limited information available on immediate losses." ie
your data that provides a quantification of the "minor magnitude" of land
use change emissions from land clearance.
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Boswell
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