Dennis (Haddenham) Limited: application made to abstract water
Published 4 June 2026
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Details of the application
Dennis (Haddenham) 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 numbers AN/033/0035/018/R01, AN/033/0036/004/R01, 6/33/35/S/0300/R02 and 6/33/26/S/0423/R02 which authorise the abstraction of water from Long Drove Drain and an unnamed drain in the Waterbeach Level Internal Drainage Board (IDB) district at Waterbeach, Drains at Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire (Great Ouse and Grunty Fen), Old West River and drains within the South Level System and Drains within the Haddenham Level Drainage Commissioners IDB.
The variation applied for is: to increase the annual quantity for each licence and add further abstraction points and reaches at National Grid Reference (NGR) TL 50844 65739 from 7,273 cubic metres (m3) to 24,672 m3 , between National Grid References (NGRs) TL 53554 77462 and TL 53950 76464 from 7,273 m3 to 24,672 m3, NGR TL 42740 72781 from 114,133 m3 to 120,000 m3 and NGRs TL 40900 76253 and TL 41167 76277 from 114,133 m3 to 120,000 m3.
Further details are: this will be supported by and enable a transfer of water from a new licence AN/033/0035/029.
How to view the application
Please contact us via email or use the number below to arrange to see the application documents.
How to comment on the application
Send any representation about this application in writing, quoting the name of the applicant and reference numbers NPS/WR/046789, NPS/WR/046791, NPS/WR/046794 and NPS/WR/047008 to the Environment Agency, at the Permitting and Support Centre, Water Resources Team, Quadrant 2, 99 Parkway Avenue, Sheffield, S9 4WF or by email to PSC-WaterResources@environment-agency.gov.uk
By 2 July 2026.
For advice about how to make a representation call 03708 506 506.