This page contains the Additional Provision document and amendments required to the Bill as a result of removal of the West Coast Main Line (WCML) connection.

Certain scheme changes can be made within the existing scope of the Bill and a Supplementary Environmental Statement (SES) has been prepared, and deposited in Parliament, which reports on the likely significant environmental effects of this group of changes.

A number of other scheme changes require amendments to the Bill and are contained in Additional Provision 1 (AP1). The AP1 Environmental Statement (AP1 ES) reports on the likely significant environmental effects of the amendments included within AP1. Both AP1 and AP1 ES have also been deposited in Parliament.

The amendments for the removal of the WCML connection are amendments to the High Speed Rail (Crewe – Manchester) Bill providing for the removal of the WCML connection. These amendments do not form part of AP1.

This document contains additional and replacement plan sheets showing additional and amended works and land affected by Additional Provision 1 (AP1). It also contains additional or replacement sections along the centre line of new and amended scheduled works.

The Plans show the centre lines and limits of deviation of the proposed works and define the land that may be acquired or used for the purposes of building and operating the railway. A description of the land, together with details of ownership, occupiers and those who have a legal interest in the land is included in the Book of Reference, information for which can be found under 'Book of Reference'.

The Sections show a section along the centre line of the proposed works illustrating the intended level of the works in relation to the existing ground and features. The vertical limits of deviation for the works provided for under the AP are by reference to the level of the work shown on the sections.

At the start of each Plans volume is a key plan, which relates each sheet of the Plans to a map of the proposed line of the railway. This key plan should be used to find particular locations you may be interested in.

A Book of Reference identifies all owners, lessees and occupiers with a qualifying interest in land to be acquired or used. All persons and organisations are listed by parish or borough, against each of the parcels of land which are described in the Book of Reference and shown on the Parliamentary Plans. All persons or organisations appearing in the Book of Reference will be served with a formal notice immediately following the deposit of Additional Provision 1 (AP1).

An occupier with a qualifying interest is a person whose interest is equal to or greater than a three-month tenancy agreement.

The Book of Reference is a snapshot in time as interests in land and property frequently change. If you have an interest in land that was not included in the Book of Reference but believe it should have been, please contact the HS2 Helpdesk on 08081 434 434 or hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk

Where an AP authorises the acquisition of land on which there are houses, a statement of the total number of houses and of the people residing in them within each relevant area is required to be deposited. The term 'house' includes any separate dwelling.

The Supplementary Environmental Statement 1 (SES1) and Additional Provision 1 Environmental Statement (AP1 ES) are separate environmental statements but have been produced as combined reports. Both the SES1 and AP1 ES provide an update to the main ES (the Environmental Statement submitted with the High Speed Rail (Crewe – Manchester) Bill (‘the Bill’) to Parliament in January 2022), and should be read in conjunction with the main ES.

The SES1 (Part 1) reports on the likely significant environmental effects of updated environmental information, changes to the design and construction scheme assumptions within the existing powers and limits of the Bill.

The AP1 ES (Part 2) reports on the likely significant environmental effects of the amendments within the AP (i.e. amendments to the Bill which are outside the scope of the existing powers and limits of the Bill).

A ‘Guide to the SES1 and AP1’ (which can be found under ‘Guidance documents’) has been prepared to help you identify the documents which are most relevant to you.

We recommend reading the Non-technical summary (NTS) first, which gives a summary of the likely significant residual effects in each geographic area (‘community areas’) reported in the SES1 and AP1 ES, which are new or different to those reported in the main ES. Documents listed under Volume 2 present any new, different or removed likely significant environmental effects that arise from the changes and amendments in each of the community areas reported in the SES1 and AP1 ES. Further details of the assessment are presented in the technical appendices in Volume 5. These effects are compared to those reported in the main ES. The NTS also gives a summary of any new or different likely significant residual effects arising at a route-wide level (i.e. at a geographical scale greater than the community areas), compared to those reported in the main ES (further details can be found in Volume 3).

The SES1 and the AP1 ES will be the subject of a public consultation in accordance with Parliamentary procedure. Members of the public will have a period of at least 42 days within which to make representations following the deposit of the SES1 and AP1 ES in Parliament and the first publication of the necessary newspaper notices that follows. Details of the closing date to comment, response channels that are available and the address to which you should send your responses are available on https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/high-speed-rail-crewe-manchester-additional-provision-1-environmental-statement-and-supplementary-environmental-statement-1-consultation.

Once the consultation has closed, the Secretary of State will publish all comments received on the SES1 and AP1 ES and submit them to an independent assessor appointed by Parliament. The independent assessor will prepare a report summarising the issues raised by the consultation responses to the SES1 and AP1 ES and provide a report to Parliament before the Third Reading of the Bill.

There will also be a separate petitioning period in relation to AP1 (i.e. amendments to the Bill which are outside the scope of the existing powers and limits of the Bill). Within this period, persons whose property or interests that are specially and directly affected by the Additional Provision will have the right to submit a petition against it.

Please click on the documents below for further information on a list of locations where the Additional Provision, Plans and Sections, Book of Reference, Estimate of Expense, Housing Statement, Environmental Statement and Non-technical summary have been deposited for public inspection.