Notice

Arla Foods Limited: proposal to vary a licence to abstract water

Published 14 January 2016

This notice was withdrawn on

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

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Details of the proposal

The Environment Agency is proposing to vary (change) licence number 14/50/008/0634 held by Arla Foods Limited to protect the Dartmoor Special Area of Conservation (SAC).

The Environment Agency is required to give notice of this proposal. The Environment Agency give this notice in line with section 52 of the Water Resources Act 1991 (as amended by section 22 of the Water Act 2003) and regulation 31 of the Water Resources (Abstraction and Impounding) Regulations 2006.

This licence allows the licence holder:

Arla Foods Limited
Arla House
4 Savannah Way
Leeds Valley Park
Leeds
LS10 1AB

to abstract a total of 1,818.44 cubic metres (m³) of water a day, and a total of 663,725 m³ a year, from underground strata at Taw Valley Creamery in North Tawton, all year. This is at National Grid References:

  • SS 65445 01259
  • SS 65509 01260

The licence holder can abstract water for industrial evaporative and non-evaporative cooling and industrial processing and cleaning.

The proposal is to vary the licence to:

  • Reduce daily overall abstraction to 1,500 m³ per day plus a peaking factor of 1800 m³ per day on up to 4 days per month
  • Reduce annual overall abstraction to 550,000 m³ per year
  • Within the overall reduced licenced quantities, the breakdown of the specific quantities between uses will remain broadly in the same proportions (1% for evaporative cooling, 16% for non-evaporative cooling and 83% for industrial processing and cleaning), as on the current licence
  • Include a time limit on the licence so that it expires on 31 March 2030.

The Environment Agency has made this proposal as part of a programme to help restore sustainable abstraction.

How to view the proposal

You can inspect a copy of the proposal and any other relevant documents, free of charge at:

Environment Agency
Manley House
Kestrel Way
Exeter
EX2 7LQ

The office is open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday (except bank holidays).

You can also get details of the existing licence from the address above.

How to comment on the proposal

If you want to comment on this proposal, email:

rsa.representations@environment-agency.gov.uk

Or write to:

RSA / WFD Team c/o Sarah Timms
Environment Agency
National River Basin Management Services
Sapphire East
550 Streetsbrook Road
Solihull
B91 1QT

Your email or letter must quote licence number 14/50/008/0634.

The Environment Agency must receive your comments by 11 February 2016.

If you have any questions about this notice, phone Sheila Greenfield on 07901515902.

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