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EXHIBIT LIST Reference No: HOC/00151 Petitioner: J and B Berrisford Published to Collaboration Area: Friday 29-Jun-2018 Page 1 of 14 No Exhibit Name Page 1 P923 Location.pdf (P923) 2 2 P924 Construction.pdf (P924) 3 3 P925 Operation.pdf (P925) 4 4 P926 Cross Section Plan.pdf (P926) 5 5 P927 Cross Section.pdf (P927) 6 6 P928 Environmental Mitigation Map.pdf (P928) 7 7 P929 Balancing Pond.pdf (P929) 8 - 10 8 P930 Access.pdf (P930) 11 9 P931 PAL 21062018.pdf (P931) 12 - 14 HOC/00151/0001

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  • EXHIBIT LISTReference No: HOC/00151Petitioner: J and B BerrisfordPublished to Collaboration Area: Friday 29-Jun-2018

    Page 1 of 14

    No Exhibit Name Page

    1 P923 Location.pdf (P923) 2

    2 P924 Construction.pdf (P924) 3

    3 P925 Operation.pdf (P925) 4

    4 P926 Cross Section Plan.pdf (P926) 5

    5 P927 Cross Section.pdf (P927) 6

    6 P928 Environmental Mitigation Map.pdf (P928) 7

    7 P929 Balancing Pond.pdf (P929) 8 - 10

    8 P930 Access.pdf (P930) 11

    9 P931 PAL 21062018.pdf (P931) 12 - 14

    HOC/00151/0001

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    Birch Lane

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    Fairhaven

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    BIRMINGHAM

    CREWE

    Petition number

    Petitioner

    Registered in England. Registration number 06791686. Registered office: 2 Snowhill Queensway Birmingham B4 6GA

    © Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of Land Registry under delegated authority from the Controller ofHMSO. This material was last updated in 2018 and may not becopied, distributed, sold or published without the formal permissionof Land Registry. Only an official copy of a title plan or registerobtained from the Land Registry may be used for legal or otherofficial purposes.

    © Crown copyright and database rights 2018OS 100049190J & B Berrisford

    P2A-000151 Doc Number: P2A-HS2-HY-MAP-A000-000181-P02

    Indicative extent of petitioner(s) propertyHybrid Bill Limits

    LegendPhase 2a hybrid Bill alignment July 2017

    CuttingEmbankmentTunnel PortalViaduct

    HS2 Ltd accept no responsibility for anycircumstances, which arise from thereproduction of this map after alteration,amendment or abbreviation or if it is issued inpart or issued incomplete in any way.

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    Construction

    A328/06/2018

    TEACHDS

    Petition HOC 000151

    P00.12PT01-ARP-PT-DSK-000-000002-PET000151

    Designs for Petition

    Route Wide

    Petitions

    Ove Arup & Partners International Ltd

    C861 Hybrid Bill Additional Provision 1 AP1

    P00.1

    HS2 Access road

    Rail alignment formation

    Landscape earthworks

    Engineering earthworks

    Rail alignmentCompound

    Borrow Pit

    Temporary Material Stockpile

    Petitioner's land

    Indicative extent of

    during construction

    Land potentially required

    Compound

    Haul Road

    Existing public right of way

    Construction Traffic Route

    CONSTRUCTION - AP1

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    Main Line (WCML)West Coast

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    Drawing Title

    Design Stage

    Creator/Originator

    Checked Con App HS2 App

    Birmingham, B4 6GA

    Queensway,

    2 Snow Hill,

    Registered office:

    Registration No. 06791686

    Registered in England

    Scale with caution as distortion can occur.

    Registry under delegated authority from the Controller of HMSO.

    © Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of Land

    may be used for legal or other official purposes.

    Only an official copy of a title plan or register obtained from the Land Registry

    sold or published without the formal permission of Land Registry.

    This material was last updated on 2017 and may not be copied, distributed,

    Ordnance Survey Licence number 100049190

    © Crown Copyright and database right 2017. All rights reserved.

    or if it is issued in part or issued incompletely in any way.

    the reproduction of this document after alteration, amendment or abbreviation

    HS2 accepts no responsibility for any circumstances which arise from

    1:15000

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    A328/06/2018

    TEACHDS

    Petition HOC 000151

    P00.12PT01-ARP-PT-DSK-000-000003-PET000151

    Designs for Petition

    Route Wide

    Petitions

    Ove Arup & Partners International Ltd

    C861 Hybrid Bill Additional Provision 1 AP1

    P00.1

    Operation

    OPERATION - AP1

    Ditches - newGrassland habitat creation

    HS2 Access road

    (scrub / woodland)

    Landscape mitigation planting

    Rail alignment formation

    Landscape earthworks

    Engineering earthworks

    Hedgerow habitat creation

    Grassed areas

    Existing public right of way

    Rail alignment

    Petitioner's land

    Indicative extent of

    OPERATION - AP1

    1:10000

    J and B Berrisford

    FarmGreenGonsley

    WAYBU

    TT LANE

    BACK LANE

    FarmHeath

    FarmDairy

    FarmSutch

    Blakenhall Moss

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    FarmLea

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    Date Scale Size

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    Checked Con App HS2 App

    Birmingham, B4 6GA

    Queensway,

    2 Snow Hill,

    Registered office:

    Registration No. 06791686

    Registered in England

    Scale with caution as distortion can occur.

    Registry under delegated authority from the Controller of HMSO.

    © Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of Land

    may be used for legal or other official purposes.

    Only an official copy of a title plan or register obtained from the Land Registry

    sold or published without the formal permission of Land Registry.

    This material was last updated on 2017 and may not be copied, distributed,

    Ordnance Survey Licence number 100049190

    © Crown Copyright and database right 2017. All rights reserved.

    or if it is issued in part or issued incompletely in any way.

    the reproduction of this document after alteration, amendment or abbreviation

    HS2 accepts no responsibility for any circumstances which arise from

    1:15000

    P925 HOC/00151/0004

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    Farm

    Dairy

    Chorlton

    Swill Brook

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    Ordnance Survey Licence Number 100049190.

    © Crown copyright and database rights 2017.

    Doc Number:

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    Date:

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    amendment or abbreviation or if it is issued in part or issued

    arise from the reproduction of this map after alteration,

    HS2 Ltd accept no responsibility for any circumstances, which

    Community Area

    Birmingham, B4 6GA

    Registered office: 2 Snow Hill, Queensway,

    Registered in England. Registration number 06791686

    Tunnel portalDitches - new

    Tunnels external extent

    Woodland habitat creation

    Wetland habitat creation

    Grassland habitat creation

    Ecological mitigation pond

    Watercourse diversion

    Electricity substation

    Balancing pond

    Noise fence barrier

    Replacement floodplain storage

    Land drainage area(scrub / woodland)

    Landscape mitigation planting Main utility works

    County boundary

    Borough / District boundary

    Rail alignment

    Rail alignment formation

    Landscape earthworks

    Engineering earthworks

    10+000

    Stopped-up PRoW

    Hedgerow habitat creation

    Grassed areas

    Sustainable placement (e.g. 10+000)

    Chainage

    Existing watercourseor portal building

    Depot, station, headhouse

    development use

    Returned to suitable

    community facility

    Public realm/Replacement Community Area boundary

    New, diverted or realigned PRoW

    Existing public right of way (PRoW)

    Existing inland water

    or

    Existing contours130.0m

    Existing woodland

    Existing buildings

    HS2 access road

    C861-ARP-PT-SKE-000-100170

    CT-06-238

    CA5 South Cheshire

    Chorlton Lane Closure

    Chorlton ViaductDiversion

    Chorlton Footpath 13

    For

    Continuation R

    efer

    To C

    T-0

    6-2

    37

    Retaining Wall 3

    Chorlton Overbridge

    Chorlton Footpath 7

    Diversion

    Chorlton Lane

    For Continuation Refer To CT-06-238-R1

    For

    Continuation R

    efer

    To C

    T-0

    6-2

    39

    Embankment

    Chorlton North

    Chorlton Cutting

    Cutting

    Crewe South

    2 Extension

    Chorlton Bridleway

    Retaining Wall 6

    Chorlton

    Southbound)

    (Northbound and

    HS2 Spurs

    Wall 4

    Chorlton Retaining

    Realignment

    Chorlton Footpath 7

    Closure

    Footpath 12

    Chorlton

    HS2 Connection

    Equipment to Support

    WCML Railway Systems

    Wall 5

    Chorlton Retaining

    Pump Station

    Network Rail

    Diversion

    Footpath 9

    Chorlton

    Connection

    to Accommodate HS2

    WCML Modifications

    P01 14/06/17

    to Basford Hall Sidings

    Tracks Providing Access

    Track and Extended

    Realigned WCML

    J and B Berrisford Cross Sections Plan

    Hybrid Bill Support

    J and B Berrisford Cross Sections Plan

    1B

    1A

    2A

    2B

    Draft

    P926 HOC/00151/0005

  • Drawn Checked Approved

    Drawing No.

    Date Scale Size

    Rev.

    DrawnRev Description

    Project/Contract

    Discipline/Function

    ZoneLegends/Notes:

    Drawing Title

    Design Stage

    Creator/Originator

    Checked Con App HS2 App

    Birmingham, B4 6GA

    Queensway,

    2 Snow Hill,

    Registered office:

    Registration No. 06791686

    Registered in England

    Scale with caution as distortion can occur.

    Registry under delegated authority from the Controller of HMSO.

    © Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of Land

    may be used for legal or other official purposes.

    Only an official copy of a title plan or register obtained from the Land Registry

    sold or published without the formal permission of Land Registry.

    This material was last updated on 2017 and may not be copied, distributed,

    Ordnance Survey Licence number 100049190

    © Crown Copyright and database right 2017. All rights reserved.

    or if it is issued in part or issued incompletely in any way.

    the reproduction of this document after alteration, amendment or abbreviation

    HS2 accepts no responsibility for any circumstances which arise from

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    A317/04/2018

    MN

    C861-ARP-PT-SKE-000-100171Ove Arup & Partners International Ltd

    P2A Civils Design & Environmental Services

    P00.1

    Proposed mitigation tree planting

    Existing trees

    Existing ground

    Proposed hedgerow planting

    Existing hedgerow

    Existing Surface

    BM TE

    For location of Sections refer to Drawing No. C861-ARP-PT-SKE-000-100170

    Engineering

    DRAFT

    P01

    NTS

    Route-wide

    Hybrid Bill Support

    Hybrid Bill Support

    Designed earthworks

    Designed Suface Level

    Bottom of Borrow Pit /

    1A 1B

    Scale N.T.S

    SECTION 1A-1B

    2A

    Scale N.T.S

    SECTION 2A-2B

    Cross Sections

    Land Drainage

    J and B Berrisford Cross Sections

    Petitioner's Property

    Petitioner's Property

    2B

    Land Drainage

    Chorlton Lane Diversion

    Chorlton Lane Diversion

    HS2 Mainline

    HS2 Mainline

    Existing

    West Coast Main Line

    Existing

    West Coast Main Line

    HS2 Spurs (Northbound and Southbound)

    to Support HS2 Connection

    WCML Railway Systems Equipment

    Chorlton Footpath 13 Diversionto Basford Hall Sidings

    Providing Access

    Track and Extended Tracks

    Realigned WCML

    HS2 Spurs (Northbound and Southbound)

    to Basford Hall Sidings

    Providing Access

    Track and Extended Tracks

    Realigned WCML

    Chorlton Retaining Wall 3

    Accommodation Access

    J and B Berrisford

    P927 HOC/00151/0006

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    Drawn Checked Approved

    Drawing No.

    Date Scale Size

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    Drawing Title

    Design Stage

    Creator/Originator

    Checked Con App HS2 App

    Birmingham, B4 6GA

    Queensway,

    2 Snow Hill,

    Registered office:

    Registration No. 06791686

    Registered in England

    Scale with caution as distortion can occur.

    Registry under delegated authority from the Controller of HMSO.

    © Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of Land

    may be used for legal or other official purposes.

    Only an official copy of a title plan or register obtained from the Land Registry

    sold or published without the formal permission of Land Registry.

    This material was last updated on 2017 and may not be copied, distributed,

    Ordnance Survey Licence number 100049190

    © Crown Copyright and database right 2017. All rights reserved.

    or if it is issued in part or issued incompletely in any way.

    the reproduction of this document after alteration, amendment or abbreviation

    HS2 accepts no responsibility for any circumstances which arise from

    A31:500029/06/2018

    TEMEMS

    Petitioner's land holding

    Grassland habitat creation

    HS2 Access road

    (scrub / woodland)

    Landscape mitigation planting

    Rail alignment

    Rail alignment formation

    Landscape earthworks

    Engineering earthworks

    Hedgerow habitat creation

    Grassed areas

    Existing public right of way

    Ditches - new

    Environmental Mitigation Map

    Petition HOC000151

    P00.1C861-ARP-PT-DSK-000-000004-PET000151

    Designs for Petition

    Route Wide

    Petitions

    Ove Arup & Partners International Ltd

    P2A Civils Design & Environmental Services

    P00.1

    Petitioner's Land holding

    Noise Barrier

    J & B Berrisford

    Farm

    Jubilee

    West Coast M

    ain Line (WC

    ML)

    WAYBUTT LANE

    Chorlton Dairy Farm - Environmental Mitigation Map (Hybrid Bill)

    Farm

    Jubilee

    Farm

    Dairy

    1

    2

    6

    3

    74

    53

    5

    1

    8

    2

    P928 HOC/00151/0007

  • Balancing ponds

    Chorlton

    NR balancingpond P-24500

    HS2 balancingpond P-24462

    NR balancingpond P-24383

    HS2 balancingpond P-24355

    P929 (1) HOC/00151/0008

  • HS2 Balancing ponds

    • HS2 Balancing pond P-24462 has the function of balancing rainfall runoff from the proposed track prior

    to discharge to the local watercourse;

    • The balancing pond size is dictated by the area of the track and cutting which drains to the balancing

    pond, and is designed to contain a 1:100 year event plus climate change;

    • The balancing pond limits the flow heading towards the proposed Crewe South Tunnel;

    • The location of this pond is constrained in this area by existing and proposed utilities, the earthworks

    associated with the proposed rail track, the proposed highway, existing buildings, and the local

    topography.

    P929 (2) HOC/00151/0009

  • Network Rail (NR) balancing pond

    • The Network Rail balancing pond to the north is required for the West Coast Main Line (WCML)

    extended tracks to Basford Hall Sidings and will be adopted and maintained by Network Rail;

    • The Proposed Scheme interferes with existing draining arrangements in this area and must make

    suitable alternative provision for the WCML;

    • The Proposed Scheme provides separate balancing ponds for the HS2 and NR infrastructure;

    • HS2 and Network Rail will be responsible for implementing pollution controls suitable for the type of

    track and trains they operate.

    P929 (3) HOC/00151/0010

  • Proposed Scheme access to Chorlton DairyFarm

    When Chorlton Lane is stopped up

    access to Chorlton Dairy Farm will

    be maintained from Newcastle Road,

    via the new access track to the west

    of HS2.

    Chorlton

    Newcastle Roaddiversion

    Combined HS2 and farmaccommodation access

    Chorlton Lane closed off

    P930 HOC/00151/0011

  • Mr J Cliffe

    Wright Marshall Ltd

    Beeston Castle Auction

    Tarporley

    Cheshire

    CW6 9NZ

    21 June 2018

    Dear Mr Cliffe

    HIGH SPEED RAIL (WEST MIDLANDS – CREWE) BILL – HOUSE OF COMMONS SELECT COMMITTEE:

    PETITION HS2-P2A-000151 – J & B BERRISFORD

    I am writing to you in my capacity as the Director of Hybrid Bill Delivery at HS2 Ltd, which is acting on

    behalf of the Promoter of the High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill (‘the Bill’) currently before

    Parliament. I understand that your clients have a number of concerns about the impact of Phase 2A of

    HS2 (known as ‘the Proposed Scheme’) and have submitted a petition on that basis against the Bill in

    the House of Commons.

    As you may be aware, a number of written assurances have been offered to the National Farmers

    Union (NFU). These are set out in Part A of Annex A to my letter of 31 May 2018 to the NFU1. These

    assurances cover the following matters: provision of an agricultural liaison service; agricultural land

    acquired for the purposes of the permanent railway corridor; the prompt payment of compensation by

    the Promoter; arrangements for paying estimated claims for compensation; relocation matters; liability

    and claims arising from the Phase 2A works; private water supplies; and borrow pits.

    Although expressed to be for the benefit of NFU these assurances will benefit farmers and rural

    business owners affected by Phase 2A works.

    These assurances will be included in a Register of Undertakings and Assurances, which is held by the

    Department for Transport. Drafts of the Register will be published regularly during the passage of the

    Bill and it will be finalised after Royal Assent. A Nominated Undertaker will be contractually obliged to

    comply with all relevant undertakings and assurances set out in the Register.

    In addition to the above, you will see that Part B of my letter of 31 May 2018 includes a number of

    assurances that we have said will be issued to farmers or rural business owner petitioners on a case by

    case basis. I am therefore also writing to you, on behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport, to

    formally offer your clients a number of specific assurances in response to the following issues raised in

    their petition:

    Assurance No. 1 and 2 as per Extent of land take (paragraph 1-10)

    Assurance No. 1 as per Compensation generally (paragraph 11-12)

    Assurance No.1 as per Access and quality of accommodation works (paragraph 13-16)

    1 A copy can be found at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/705541/NFU_-_Assurance_-

    _02052018.pdf

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  • Assurance No. 1 as per Ecological and other mitigation measures on farmland (paragraph 17-

    18)

    Assurance No. 1 as per Balancing ponds (paragraph 19-22)

    In these assurances, “the Nominated Undertaker” refers to the body or bodies appointed by the

    Secretary of State to carry out the powers conferred under the Bill to construct and maintain the

    scheme. The Nominated Undertaker may be HS2 Ltd, or it may be another body or bodies appointed to

    oversee the construction and operation of Phase 2A.

    “1. Detailed design

    1.1 Prior to the completion of the detailed design of the works authorised by the High Speed Rail

    (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (“the Bill”), the Secretary of State will require the Nominated

    Undertaker to consult an owner/tenant of an agricultural holding regarding the detailed design of

    works proposed to be constructed upon any part of that holding under the powers of the Bill and

    the use of land for the provision of ecological and any other mitigation that does not involve the

    construction of works.

    1.2 The Nominated Undertaker shall have regard to the responses received to the consultation

    undertaken under paragraph 1.1 and in so far as reasonably practicable, after taking into account

    all other relevant factors, including other relevant Undertaking and Assurances, associated with

    the design, construction, maintenance and operation of those works and other ecological or

    other mitigation,

    1.2.1 seek to minimise the loss of Grade 1, 2 and 3a agricultural land as described in the

    Agricultural Land Classification of England and Wales, published by the Ministry of

    Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in October 1988; and

    1.2.2 seek to accommodate reasonable proposals from the relevant owner/tenant to modify

    the detailed design of the works or provision of other ecological mitigation for the

    purposes of facilitating the efficient management of the agricultural holding in question

    following the completion of construction of the works.

    1.3 In this assurance, “works” means the construction within Bill limits of accommodation works,

    landscaping and other mitigation works, drainage works and the construction of balancing

    ponds, embankments, bunds and made-up ground required for Phase 2A purposes.

    1.4 Nothing in this assurance shall require any modification to the works which gives rise to any

    significant impact on the environment which has not been addressed in the Environmental

    Statement for the HS2 Project but that does not preclude consideration being given to any

    proposals for such modifications.

    2. Agricultural soils

    2.1 The Secretary of State will require the Nominated Undertaker to work with landowners and

    farmers whose productive agricultural soils are temporarily affected by the construction of the

    HS2 works and/or are affected temporarily as a result of landraising, with the intention to bring

    agricultural soils back to enable their former use before construction of the HS2 works on the

    relevant land and shall prepare in consultation with the relevant landowner and relevant

    planning authority an agricultural soils plan in advance of construction that shall include:-

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  • a pre-disturbance record of the soil physical characteristics;

    a target specification, set by the Nominated Undertaker and informed by a suitably

    qualified agricultural soils scientist or practitioner, for agricultural soils being restored to

    agriculture after temporary use;

    a method of assessing the suitability of handling soils based on plastic limit (i.e. to avoid

    moving soils when wet and plastic so that they would not compact when replaced);

    advice on stripping topsoil and subsoil to the correct depth;

    recommendations of the most suitable equipment for soil handling;

    advice on soil storage (e.g. heights and management of soil stores);

    advice on alleviating compaction after replacement;

    a schedule of aftercare maintenance, to include soil testing, appropriate to the target

    specification for a period of up to five years (subject to paragraph 2.2) following

    completion of the relevant construction work; and

    a final report to determine the final handover condition of the agricultural soil.

    2.2 Should the target specification not be met by the expiry of the period of five years for aftercare

    maintenance mentioned in paragraph 2.1 (“the initial period”), then, if the landowner has fully

    complied with a schedule of aftercare, the Nominated Undertaker, informed by a suitably

    qualified agricultural soils scientist or practitioner, has reasonable grounds to believe that the

    target specification could be met within a further period (being no longer than a further period

    of five years), and the initial period shall be extended by that period.

    2.3 The reasonable cost of compliance by the relevant landowner with the schedule of aftercare

    shall be borne by the Nominated Undertaker save where such cost has been compensated

    under the compensation code.

    2.4 The agricultural soils plan will be incorporated in and prepared as part of the Code of

    Construction Practice to form part of the Environmental Minimum Requirements undertaking

    given by the Secretary of State before Parliament.”

    If accepted, these further assurances will be included in the Register.

    Further information on how the Secretary of State will ensure compliance with assurances made by

    HS2 Ltd is set out in HS2 Phase 2A Information Paper B5: Compliance with Undertakings and

    Assurances2.

    It is hoped that these further assurances will address some of the issues raised in your petition and we

    may write to you further regarding any issues not addressed by these assurances. In the meantime if

    you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact Connolly Meagher, Senior Property Acquisition

    Manager, on [email protected].

    Yours sincerely

    Oliver Bayne

    Director, Hybrid Bill Delivery

    High Speed Two (HS2) Limited

    2 A copy can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/understanding-the-hybrid-bill-hs2-phase-2a-informationpapers

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