Notice

Breedon Trading Limited: application made to abstract water

Published 17 August 2022

This notice was withdrawn on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 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 to vary licence serial number MD/028/0036/010 to abstract water from underground strata comprising of Carboniferous Limestone at National Grid Reference (NGR) SK 41235 21165, Cloud Hill Quarry, Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire, for the purpose of transferring it without intervening use to NGR SK 41340 21920 at Ramsley Brook.

The variation applied for is to increase the abstraction volumes to:

  • 178.2 cubic metres an hour
  • 3,207.6 cubic metres a day
  • 1,170,774 cubic metres a year
  • At an instantaneous rate of 49.5 litres per second.

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/036542 to the Environment Agency by email to: PSC-WaterResources@environment-agency.gov.uk

By 14 September 2022.

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

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