NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that it is intended that the Select Committee of the House of Commons which is considering this Bill should consider certain amendments to the Bill for the following amongst other purposes:–

1. Amendments to authorise revised proposals for the construction of works, a general description of the nature of which is set out below, to authorise the acquisition or use of lands and to undertake the diversion of a specified overhead electric line in the County of Cheshire and in the districts and parishes mentioned below:

Borough of Cheshire East-

Parish of Leighton

• Land required for highway works

Parish of Warmingham

• A realignment of Warmingham Road (Work No. 1/13B)

Town of Sandbach

• Temporary realignment of the A534 Old Mill Road and the A534 Congleton Road (Work No. 1/13C)

Town of Middlewich

• Land required in relation to highway works to the A533 Leadsmithy Street

Parish of Tabley Superior

• A realignment of the M6 Motorway junction 19 northbound offslip (Work No. 1/93A)

• Land required for highway works

Parishes of Mere, High Legh, Millington and Agden

• Land required in connection with utility works

• Diversions of gas mains (Works Nos. 1/96, 1/107 and 1/110)

Parish of Mere

• An access road (Work No. 1/108A)

Parishes of Mere and Millington

• Land required for highway works

Parish of Millington

• A temporary realignment of the A556 (Work No. 1/132B)

• An access road (Work No. 1/132C)

• Land required for an access road (Work No. 1/133A)

Parishes of Little Bollington, Rostherne and Ashley

• Land required for overhead line diversions and associated works

Parish of Rostherne

• Land required for highway works

• Land required for an access road (Work No. 1/134)

Parish of Ashley

• Land required for highway works, drainage, access and environmental mitigation

• Access roads (Works Nos. 1/142D and 2/2)

• Land required in connection with a diversion of a watercourse (Work No. 1/143)

• Land required in connection with the realignment of Mobberley Road (Work No. 1/144)

• Widenings of the M56 motorway ( Works Nos. 2/2A and 2/2B)

• Narrowings of the River Bollin (Works Nos. 2/2D and 2/2E)

Parish of Tatton

• Land required for environmental mitigation

Parish of Mobberley

• Land required for environmental mitigation

Town of Wilmslow

• A realignment of Mobberley Road (Work No. 2/2C)

Borough of Cheshire West & Chester –

Parish of Byley

• Temporary realignments of the A530 Croxton Lane and King Street and the A530 King Street (Works Nos. 1/46A and 1/46B)

Parish of Lostock Gralam

• A realignment of the A559 Manchester Road and the A559 Hall Lane (Work No. 1/73A)

• Land required for highway works

Parish of Lach Dennis

• Land required for utility works and access

Borough of Cheshire East, Parish of Ashley, Greater Manchester, Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Parish of Ringway, City of Manchester –

• A realignment of the M56 Motorway and Junction 6 of that Motorway including slip roads and land associated with those works (Works Nos. 2/5A, 2/5B, 2/5C, 2/5E, 2/5F, 2/5H, 2/5I, 2/5J, 2/5K, 2/9C, 2/9E, 2/9F, 2/9G, 2/9H, 2/9L and 2/9M)

Borough of Warrington-

Parish of Lymm

• A realignment of the M6 Motorway junction 20A northbound onslip (Work No. 1/111E)

Parishes of Lymm and Appleton

• Land required for highway works

Greater Manchester, Metropolitan Borough of Trafford-

• Narrowings of the River Bollin (Works Nos. 2/2D and 2/2E)

• A realignment of Sunbank Lane and Chapel Lane (Work No. 2/6D)

• Access roads (Works Nos. 2/5G, 2/6H, 2/11A, 2/18D, 2/18E, 2/18F)

• Inclusion of a tunnel in a railway (Work No. 2/1)

• Amended roads (Works Nos. 2/10 and 2/11)

• Additional land for environmental mitigation, drainage and utility works

• Realignments of Timperley Brook (Works Nos. 2/14A and 2/14B)

• A Tramroad (Work No. 2/16A)

• A realignment of Thorley Lane (Work No. 2/18)

Parish of Dunham Massey-

• Land required for overhead line diversions

Greater Manchester, City of Manchester-

• Land required for highway works, utility works, drainage and access

• A realigned railway in tunnel (Works Nos. 2/1A and 2/1B) including a shaft (The Hollies) and additional land at Birchfields Road

• A diversion of a watercourse (Work No. 2/18H)

• Access roads (Works Nos. 2/19B, 2/19C, 2/26C, 2/26D, 2/34A and 2/34B)

• A realignment of Rondin Road (Work No. 2/20A)

• A realignment of the A635 Ashton Old Road (Work No. 2/20B)

• An amended railway (Work No. 2/25)

• Land required for working sites

• A realignment of Heyrod Street and Portugal Street East

• An amendment to the realignment of Travis Street and North Western Street (Work No. 2/40)

Greater Manchester, City of Manchester, Parish of Ringway-

• Access roads (Works Nos. 2/5D, 2/6E, 2/6F, 2/6G, 2/9K)

• A realignment of Sunbank Lane and Chapel Lane (Work No. 2/6D)

• Inclusion of a tunnel in a railway (Work No. 2/1)

• A realignment of Runger Lane (Work No. 2/9I)

• A realignment of Avro Way (Work No. 2/9J)

• A Tramroad (Work No. 2/16A)

• A realignment of Runger Lane and Thorley Lane (Work No. 2/18G)

• A realignment of Thorley Lane (Work No. 2/18)

• Land required for highway works

Dumfries and Galloway-

• Additional land for access, drainage and utility works

2. In connection with the construction of the tramroad referred to and generally described in paragraph 1, the gauge to be adopted is 1,435 millimetres and the motive power to be employed is electrical energy, or in emergency or for maintenance, diesel power or other means.

3. In connection with the construction of the works specified in 1 above, provision for the stopping up or diversion of the public footpaths specified in Schedule 1 to this notice.

4. The proposed amendments would confer powers authorising the alteration or disturbance of the surface of streets or roads in connection with the construction of an underground railway. The roads or streets which may be affected by the exercise of the power are described in Schedule 2 to this notice. The powers are proposed to be exercised primarily in order to provide a power supply for the construction of that part of the proposed railway in the City of Manchester (Works Nos. 2/1A and 2/1B in the Bill) which would be in tunnel but also in relation to utility works on Greenbrow Road, Firbank Road, Simonsway, M56 Motorway Junction 3A Southbound On-slip and the A560 Altrincham Road in connection with the construction of that tunnel. The powers may be exercised in relation to those roads and the roads and streets described in Schedule 2 to the extent that they are within Act limits.

5. The lands which may be acquired or used includes part of the Bridgewater Canal tow path in the County of Cheshire, Borough of Cheshire East, Parish of Millington being 100 m².

6. Amendments to make provision about –

(a) applications for permits under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016 for landfill sites within (i) Act limits, or (ii) a zone specified by a high speed rail safeguarding direction, and

(b) the surrender of existing permits under those regulations in relation to landfill sites within land acquired under the powers of the Bill.

AND NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT as from 10 July 2023 Plans and Sections, with a Book of Reference to those Plans, relating to the proposed Amendments will be available for public inspection at the offices and libraries referred to in Parts I and II of Schedule 3 to this Notice.

As from 10 July 2023 an Environmental Statement relating to the Amendments (ES) and Supplementary Environmental Statement (SES) together with a Non-Technical Summary (NTS) will also be available for public inspection at each of the offices mentioned in Part I of Schedule 3 and in addition to inspection, for sale at those offices indicated with a “*” in that part of that schedule.

As from 10 July 2023 an Environmental Statement relating to the Amendments (ES) and Supplementary Environmental Statement (SES) together with a Non-Technical Summary (NTS) will also be available for public inspection at each of the libraries mentioned in Part II of Schedule 3 to this notice and for inspection at the following office: High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, 7th Floor, Albany House, 96-98 Petty France, London, SW1H 9EA, Tel: 08081 434 434, Email: hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk.

As from 10 July 2023 copies of the proposed Amendments together with copies of the Bill will be available for public inspection at each of the offices and libraries mentioned in Parts I and II of Schedule 3 to this notice and for inspection at the following office: High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, 7th Floor, Albany House, 96-98 Petty France, London, SW1H 9EA, Tel: 08081 434 434, Email: hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk.

Copies of the ES, SES and NTS and copies of the proposed Amendments together with copies of the Bill are available for sale from High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, 7th Floor, Albany House, 96-98 Petty France, London, SW1H 9EA, Tel: 08081 434 434, Email: hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk, www.gov.uk/hs2, https://www.hs2-bill-documents-onlineshop.org.uk/additionalprovision2/ and as from 10 July 2023, for inspection and sale at Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP, Capital Square, 58 Morrison Street, Edinburgh EH3 8BP.

The proposed Amendments and the Bill are available on the UK Parliament’s website at www.parliament.uk. The Plans and Sections, ES, SES and NTS are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hs2-phase-2b-high-speed-rail-crewe-manchester-additional-provision-2. Specialist technical reports relating to the ES and SES are also available on that website.

Please note, while every effort is made to ensure material at deposit locations is publicly available, there may be occasions beyond the control of HS2 Ltd when deposit locations have to close temporarily and at short notice.  Information about the arrangements currently in place for the inspection of the documents at deposit locations can be checked at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/where-to-view-the-hs2-phase-2b-crewe-manchester-additional-provision-2-and-supplementary-environmental-statement-2. All documentation relating to the Crewe – Manchester Additional Provision 2 can be found online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hs2-phase-2b-high-speed-rail-crewe-manchester-additional-provision-2. Should you have any difficulty accessing the material, please contact the HS2 Helpdesk at: Email: hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk, Tel: 08081 434 434 who will arrange for printed or electronic copies to be sent to you.

Any person who wishes to make comments on the ES and SES should send them to the Secretary of State for Transport either by post to: FREEPOST HS2 AP2, by email to: HS2AP2@ipsos.com or online at https://ipsos.uk/HS2AP2 on or before 11:45 pm on 31 August 2023. Further information can be found on the consultation website: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/high-speed-rail-crewe-manchester-additional-provision-2-environmental-statement-and-supplementary-environmental-statement-2-consultation.

Please note: if you wish to send your response by recorded delivery or special delivery, please telephone the HS2 Ltd Helpdesk on 08081 434 434 or email hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk to arrange this.

Anyone wishing to send comments should note that responses will be published on a publicly-accessible website in due course, but the names, addresses and signatures of individuals will not be published. As it is not possible for the substance of responses to be checked to ascertain whether they contain other personal data, you should not include information in your response that could identify you unless you are content for it to be made public.

If you do not want any of your response to be published you should clearly mark it as “Confidential” in the “subject” of the email or at the top of your letter. However please note the following two paragraphs.

If you want the information you provide to be treated as confidential, you should be aware that all information provided in response to this consultation, including personal information, may be subject to disclosure in accordance with access to information regimes (these are primarily the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK GDPR). Under the FOIA, there is a statutory Code of Practice with which public authorities must comply and which deals, amongst other things, with confidentiality obligations. In view of this it would be helpful if you could explain in your response why you regard the information you have provided as confidential. If a request for disclosure of the information you provide is received full account will be taken of your explanation, but no assurance can be given that confidentiality can be maintained in all circumstances. An automatic confidentiality disclaimer generated by your IT system will not, of itself, be regarded as binding on the Department for Transport or High Speed Two (HS2) Limited.

Please note that all responses received, whether marked Confidential or not, will be passed on in full to the Houses of Parliament and their appointed Assessor, who will analyse the responses and make a report to Parliament. That report will not contain your personal data.

The Department for Transport and High Speed Two (HS2) Limited are jointly responsible for looking after the personal data that you provide in your response to this consultation, which is being carried out by us in the exercise of our official authority as public bodies. To find out more about how we will use your personal data, what your rights are and how to contact our data protection officers, go to https://www.gov.uk/hs2-phase2b-crewe-manchester to see our Personal Information Notice.

Submitting comments to the Secretary of State does not affect the entitlement of persons to make objections to the proposed Amendments by submitting a petition to the House of Commons referred to below.

The Bill has been introduced in the House of Commons as a public Bill. Objection to the proposed Amendments may be made by submitting a petition against them in person at the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons, Westminster, London SW1P 0AA, online through the Select Committee website at https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/597/high-speed-rail-crewe-manchester-bill-select-committee-commons/, by post to the Private Bill Office, House of Commons, Westminster, London SW1P 0AA or e-mail to prbohoc@parliament.uk. If you wish to submit your petition in person, please contact the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons to arrange this (tel:020 7219 3250, email: prbohoc@parliament.uk).

In accordance with Private Business Standing Order 171B (4), the Chairman of Ways and Means has decided that any such Petition must be submitted before 5 pm on 15 August 2023.

In the House of Lords, objection to the Bill may be made by submitting a Petition against it in the Office of the Clerk of the Parliaments within a period decided by the Chairman of Committees which is not less than 25 days after the Bill receives its first reading in that House.

The House of Commons and the House of Lords may make copies of any petitions they receive public, and exchange any personal information contained therein, which will be shared with the Promotor of the Bill.

Information about the deposit of such Petitions may be obtained from either the Private Bill Office, House of Commons (tel:020 7219 3250, email: prbohoc@parliament.uk, www.parliament.uk/bills), the Office of the Clerk of the Parliaments, House of Lords (tel: 020 7219 3231, email: hlprivatebills@parliament.uk, www.parliament.uk/bills), or from the undermentioned Parliamentary Agents (tel: 020 7593 5000, https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hs2-phase-2b-high-speed-rail-crewe-manchester-additional-provision-2).

DATED 5 July 2023

DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT, Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 4DR.

Winckworth Sherwood LLP

Parliamentary Agents

Minerva House

5 Montague Close

London SE1 9BB

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Parliamentary Agents

One Wood Street

London EC2V 7WS

SCHEDULE 2

Greater Manchester, City of Manchester-

Enterprise Way, Hucklow Avenue, Greenbow Road, Firbank Road, Simonsway, the M56 Motorway, the M56 Motorway Junction 3A Southbound On-slip road, the A560 Altrincham Road, Greenwood Road, the M56 Motorway Junction 3A, the A5145 Barlow Moor Road, Northern Grove, Burton Road, access road off the A5145 Barlow Moor Road, Anthony Close, Viaduct Street, Rondin Road and the A635 Ashton Old Road.

SCHEDULE 3

PART I

Officers with whom the Plans and Sections, Book of Reference, Environmental Statement relating to the Amendments, Supplementary Environmental Statement and Non-Technical Summary and proposed Amendments together with a copy of the Bill have been deposited for inspection. Those offices where the Additional Provision, Environmental Statement relating to the Amendments, Supplementary Environmental Statement and Non-Technical Summary are also available for sale are indicated by a “*”.

In Cheshire East –

*Business Intelligence Manager - Research and Consultation, Cheshire East Council, Westfields, Middlewich Road, Sandbach, CW11 1HZ

Parish Councillor, Warmingham Parish Council, Hill Farm, Hall Lane, Warmingham, Sandbach, CW11 3QU

Parish Clerk, Leighton, Minshull Vernon and Woolstanwood Parish Council, 2 Fuller Drive, Wistaston, Crewe, CW2 6GU

Town Clerk, Middlewich Town Council, The Town Hall, Victoria Buildings, Lewin Street, Middlewich, CW10 9AS

Parish Clerk, Tabley Parish Council, The Community Centre, Manchester, M31 4FL

Parish Clerk, Mere Parish Council, 9 Siddall Street, Northwich, CW9 7AF

Parish Clerk, High Legh Parish Council, High Legh Village Hall, West Lane, High Legh, Knutsford, WA16 6LR

Parish Clerk, Little Bollington with Agden Community Council, 25 High Field, Altrincham, WA14 4TW

Parish Clerk, Millington and Rostherne and Tatton Parish Council, The Community Centre, Partington, Manchester, M31 4FL

Parish Clerk, Ashley Parish Council, St Elizabeth’s Church and Community Centre, Ashley Road, Ashley, Altrincham, WA14 3QE

Parish Clerk, Mobberley Parish Council, The Rajar Building, Town Lane, Mobberley, Knutsford, WA16 7ER

Town of Wilmslow, c/o Library Manager, Wilmslow Library, South Drive, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 1NW

Chief Officer, Sandbach Town Council, Sandbach Town Hall, High Street, Sandbach, CW11 1AX

In Cheshire West and Chester -

*Locality Librarian, Cheshire West & Chester Council, The Portal, Wellington Road, Ellesmere Port, CH65 0BA

Byley Parish Meeting, c/o John Beecroft, Lilac Cottage, Byley, Middlewich, CW10 9NL

Parish Clerk, Lach Dennis Parish Council, c/o Sandiway Library, Mere Lane, Cuddington, Northwich, CW8 2NS

Parish Clerk, Lostock Gralam Parish Council, c/o Sandiway Library, Mere Lane, Cuddington, Northwich, CW8 2NS

In Trafford –

*Strategic Planning, Trafford Council, Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Manchester, M32 0TH

Councillor, Parish of Dunham Massey, 34 Woodhouse Lane, Dunham Massey, WA14 5SE

In Manchester –

*Legal and Democratic Services, Manchester City Council, c/o FM Reception Ground Floor, Town Hall Extension, Lloyd Street, Manchester, M2 5DB

Parish Councillor, Ringway Parish Council, Keepers Lodge, Altrincham, WA15 8UQ

In Warrington –

*Customer Contact Centre, Warrington Borough Council, 1 Time Square, Warrington, WA1 2NT

Parish Clerk, Parish of Appleton, c/o Stockton Heath Library, Alexandra Park, Alexandra Road, Warrington, WA4 2AN

Parish Clerk, Lymm Parish Council, 9 Birchfield Road, Lymm WA13 9HL

In Dumfries & Galloway –

*Dumfries and Galloway Council, DG Customer Services, Gretna Central Avenue, Gretna, DG16 5AQ

Secretary, Community Council Area of Springfield and Gretna Green, Dildawn, Glasgow Road, Gretna Green, DG16 5DU

Treasurer, Community Council Area of Kirkpatrick Fleming and District, Victoria Hall, Kirkpatrick Fleming, Lockerbie, DG11 3AU

PART II

Libraries where the Plans and Sections, Book of Reference, Environmental Statement relating to the Amendments, Supplementary Environmental Statement and Non-Technical Summary and proposed Amendments together with a copy of the Bill have been deposited for public inspection.

Crewe Library, Crewe Lifestyle Centre, Moss Square, Crewe, CW1 2BB

Sandbach Library, The Commons, Sandbach, CW11 1FJ

Nantwich Library, Beam Street, Nantwich, CW5 5LY

Knutsford Library, Toft Road, Knutsford, WA16 0PG

Holmes Chapel Library, London Road, Holmes Chapel, Crewe, CW4 7AP

Middlewich Library, Lewin Street, Middlewich, CW10 9AS

Winsford Library, High Street, Winsford, CW7 2AS

Sandiway Library, Mere Lane, Cuddington, Northwich, CW8 2NS

Frodsham Library, Princeway, Frodsham, WA6 6RX

Helsby Library, Lower Robin Hood Lane, Helsby, Frodsham, WA6 0BW

Partington Library, 91 Central Road, Partington, Manchester, M31 4FY

Altrincham Library, 2 Pott Street, Altrincham, WA14 1AH

Abraham Moss Library, Crescent Road, Crumpsall, Manchester, M8 5UF

Arcadia Library and Leisure Centre, Yew Tree Avenue, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 3PH

Avenue Library and Learning Centre, Victoria Avenue East, Blackley, Manchester, M9 6HW

Barlow Moor Community Library, 23 Merseybank Avenue, Chorlton, Manchester, M21 7NT

Beswick Library, 60 Grey Mare Lane, Beswick, Manchester, M11 3DS

Brooklands Library, Moor Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M23 9BP

Burnage Library, Activity & Information Hub, Burnage Lane, Burnage, Manchester, M19 1EW

Central Library, St Peters Square, City Centre, Manchester, M2 5PD

Chorlton Library, Manchester Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, M21 9PN

Didsbury Library, 692 Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M20 2DN

Fallowfield Community Library, The Place at Platt Lane, Manchester, M14 7FB

Forum Library Wythenshawe, Forum Square, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M22 5RX

Gorton Library, Garratt Way, Gorton, Manchester, M18 8HE

Hulme High Street Library, Library & Leisure Centre, Hulme High Street, Manchester M15 5NN

Longsight Library and Learning Centre, 519 Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester, M12 4NE

Miles Platting Community Library, Victoria Mill Community Centre, Lower Vickers Street, Miles Platting, Manchester, M40 7LJ

Moss Side Powerhouse Library, 140 Raby Street, Manchester, M14 4SL

New Moston Community Library, Nuthurst Road, Manchester, M40 3PJ

Newton Heath Library, Old Church Street, Manchester, M40 2JB

North City Library, Rochdale Road, Harpurhey, Manchester, M9 4AF

Northenden Community Library, Parkway Green House, 460 Palatine Road, Northenden, Manchester, M22 4DJ

Withington Library, 410 Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M20 3BN

Birchwood Library, Brock Road, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 7PT

Wilmslow Library, South Drive, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 1NW

Lymm Library, Davies Way (off Brookfield Road), Warrington, WA13 0QW

Stockton Heath Library, Alexandra Park, Alexandra Road, Warrington, WA4 2AN

Gretna Green Library, Central Avenue, Gretna, DG16 5AQ