Dearnsdale Fruit: application made to abstract water
Published 18 May 2022
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Details of the application
Dearnsdale Fruit 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 new full licence to abstract groundwater at National Grid Reference SJ 82560 22780 near Gnosall in the Staffordshire Trent Valley.
The purpose for abstraction is for trickle irrigation of a variety of fruits using a new borehole installed down to 27 metres below ground level in the Mercia Mudstone aquifer which overlies the Sherwood Sandstone aquifer.
The application is to abstract water as follows:
- 27 cubic metres an hour
- 648 cubic metres a day
- 163,134 cubic metres a year
- All year.
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/033183 to the Environment Agency, at: PSC-WaterResources@environment-agency.gov.uk
By 15 June 2022.
For advice about how to make a representation call 03708 506 506.