Notice

Arabella Binney: application made to abstract water

Published 16 May 2019

This notice was withdrawn on

The consultation period for this application has ended. You can view current licences on the Public Registers.

Applies to England

Details of the application

Arabella Binney has applied to the Environment Agency for a licence.

The Environment Agency is giving notice of this application in accordance with Section 37 of the Water Resources Act 1991 and Regulation 6 of the Water Resources (Abstraction and Impounding) Regulations 2006.

The application is for a full licence to abstract water from an underground strata (Unconfined Chalk) at Pampisford Hall, Cambridge at National Grid Reference TL 50932 48450.

The application is to abstract water as follows:

  • 19 cubic metres an hour
  • 219 cubic metres a day
  • 52,800 cubic metres a year
  • At an instantaneous rate not exceeding 5.1 litres per second.
  • All year.

Abstraction will be from a 125 millimetre diameter borehole.

The water will be used for an open loop ground source heating system before being returned to the re-injection borehole at National Grid Reference TL 50934 48503.

How to view the application

You can view the application and supporting documents, during normal office hours at the Environment Agency:

Brampton Office
Bromholme Lane
Brampton
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE28 4NE

You can view a summary of the application, during normal office hours, on the Public Register at:

Brampton Office
Bromholme Lane
Brampton
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE28 4NE

How to comment on the application

Send any representation about this application in writing, quoting the name of the applicant and reference number NPS/WR/027702 to the Environment Agency at:

Permitting and Support Centre
Water Resources Team
Quadrant 2
99 Parkway Avenue
Sheffield
S9 4WF

Online: view and comment on the application using Citizen Space

Or by email to: PSC-WaterResources@environment-agency.gov.uk

By 13 June 2019.

For advice about how to make a representation call 03708 506 506.