Notice

Breedon Trading Limited: application made to abstract water

Published 29 September 2023

This notice was withdrawn on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

Breedon Trading Limited 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 licence to abstract (take) water for the purpose of dewatering from River Terrace Deposits of sand and gravel at Flixton Quarry, Flixton, Bungay, Suffolk within the area formed by straight lines running between the National Grid References (NGRs) TM 31175 87904, TM 32058 87904, TM 32058 87454 and TM 31178 87454 and to transfer it to two watercourses at NGRs TM 31755 87874 and TM 31317 87734.

The application is to abstract water as follows:

  • 880 cubic metres an hour

  • 8,800 cubic metres a day

  • 3,210,175 cubic metres a year

  • All year

Further details are: the proposed abstraction lies within the Broadland Rivers Abstraction Licensing Strategy.

How to view the application

Please contact us via e-mail or use the number below to arrange to see the application documents.

How to comment on the application

Send any representation about this application by email, quoting the name of the applicant and reference number NPS/WR/035919 to the Environment Agency, at: PSC-WaterResources@environment-agency.gov.uk

By 27 October 2023.

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