2. Location. West Drayton. Colnbrook M25 J15. J4a A4 M25 J14 M25. London Heathrow Airport. Site Location

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1 slough international freight exchange esign & access statement. ocation M West Drayn J A J Ja Colnbrook A M J A A M 0 onon Heathrow Airport Site ocation

2 esign & access statement slough international freight exchange. location Site is locate within Slough Borough, in the parish of Colnbrook with Poyle. Greater onon lies the east, on the opposite sie of the M. 0 planning application site comprises some. hectares (. acres) of lan. It is surroune by major roas an inustrial uses the north, A0 M A0 A0 east an south, incluing the A (Colnbrook bypass), M an, gether with the akesie Inustrial Estate, the Thames Sewage Works an the Grunon Incinerar. Biffa lanfill site is locate the west. Colnbrook branch line is locate the east, which connects Slough Colnbrook West Drayn onon Heathrow Airport A0 A the Great Western Mainline at West Drayn. A In terms of other existing evelopment in the locality, onon Heathrow Airport lies the south east an central Slough lies the north west. village of Colnbrook lies the south, on the opposite sie of the A, an the resiential area of Brans Hill lies the west, beyon the Biffa lanfill site. Bracknell A M M M A0 M A A0 A A

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4 . Site Context & Evaluation

5 slough international freight exchange esign & access statement. site context & evaluation M West Drayn A Colnbrook J Ja J A M J A A M onon Heathrow Airport aerial view of the site

6 esign & access statement slough international freight exchange. site context & evaluation Site Hisry an Surrouning Uses site was previously use for gravel extraction in the 0s an 0s an then as a lanfill site in the 0s an 0s. However, by the late 0s lanfill operations ha cease an the fiels on the site are currently use for informal horse grazing. lan is primarily open lan conceale with a grasse bun from the A the south. re is also an embankment between the raise carriageway an the site. pography of the site shows a nominally flat area with three notional peaks. lan the west is a current lanfill operation, conceale from the rest of the site with banking. Colne Brook routes along the eastern bounary between Ol Slae ake, Orlitta ake an Colnbrook ake, surroune by mature an selfseee trees an unergrowth. An existing brileway runs parallel. To the east of the lakes are locate the inustrial units of the akesie Inustrial Estate an the bran new, moern an striking Grunon Waste Management incinerar. This existing inustrial area is serve by the existing Colnbrook branch railway line. To the north east lies an existing sewerage works accesse along a metalle roa from akesie Roa. Colne Brook brileway continues on a narrow brige over the an connects with Ol Slae ane the north.

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8 esign & access statement slough international freight exchange. site context & evaluation At the north east of the site lies Ol Woo, a well establishe woolan comprising mature an self-seee trees in amongst unergrowth with several rainage streams, incluing the Horn Brook, running through it. An overgrown brileway wins along the botm of the morway embankment, skirts Ol Woo an eventually joins the Colnbrook brileway where it crosses the A. To the south of the A, on the original Tanhouse Farm lan, are locate further inustrial units an a Waste Resource Centre. site is locate immeiately the west of the Colnbrook branch line. This is a single track freight line serving the existing Thorny Mill aggregates epot an the former Terminal construction base. line is owne an operate by Network Rail an forms part of the national railway infrastructure. Colnbrook branch line connects with the Great Western Main ine (GWM) immeiately the west of West Drayn station (at West Drayn junction). view west along m Site gates on a view of the incinerar across orlitta lake view north across grazing lan view of colne brook

9 slough international freight exchange esign & access statement. site context & evaluation age an Floo Risk Context Three watercourses are present within the site bounary as well as Great Slae ake. Horn Brook bouns the west of the site whilst the Colne Brook bouns the east of the site. Both flow from north south. Tanhouse Stream issues from within the site an is consiere be mainly lan rainage. Orlitts ake an Colne Brook ake are present ajacent the site. Flooplain associate with the Horn an Colne Brooks affects the site. However, evelopment is be locate out of the flooplain extents. Where the propose rail link in the site traverses the flooplain of the brooks, compensation is be provie ownstream on the brook within the site bounaries. Surface water run off from the site is currently receive by the three watercourses. Opportunity exits improve the flooing situation ownstream of the site in Colnbrook by appropriate management of surface water runoff. A surface water rainage strategy has been evelope for the site which inclues the use of sustainable rainage systems restrict runoff from the site the existing greenfiel rates an provie enhancements water quality.

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