Earsham Gravels Limited: application made to abstract water
Published 12 February 2021
Applies to England
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Details of the application
Earsham Gravels 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 7/34/18/*G/0041 which authorises the abstraction of water from a gravel pit fed by the River Waveney Terrace Deposits – Sands and Gravels at National Grid Reference (NGR) TM 3180 9028 at Earsham Gravels Limited, Earsham, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 2AE.
The current licence authorises abstraction of the following for the purpose of Mineral Washing:
- 11.4 cubic metres an hour
- 91 cubic metres a day
- 27,276 cubic metres a year
- All year
The variation applied for is to update the abstraction point to a seepage lagoon at NGR TM 31794 90258 also fed by the Sands and Gravels at Earsham Gravels Limited and increase the abstraction quantities to the following:
- 120 cubic metres an hour
- 900 cubic metres a day
- 280,800 cubic metres a year
Abstraction shall continue to be authorised all year for the purpose of Mineral Washing.
How to view the application
We are following Government advice to manage the risks of Coronavirus to our organisation, to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of our staff and sustain our critical operations. As a result, 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/033310 to the Environment Agency at: PSC-WaterResources@environment-agency.gov.uk
By 12 March 2021.
For advice about how to make a representation call 03708 506 506.