Environment Agency: application made to abstract water (NPS/WR/017000)
Published 19 June 2015
Applies to England
The Environment Agency is applying to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
The application is for a full abstraction licence to abstract water from the Triassic Sandstone aquifer at Sanders Park, Bromsgrove, National Grid Reference SO 94800 70560. The application is to abstract 1,000 cubic metres a day, 168,000 cubic metres a year.
The water will be used to augment flows in the Battlefield Brook. This is to replace an existing licence which expired on 31 March 2014.
The Environment Agency is giving notice of this application, in accordance with Section 37 of the Water Resources Act 1991 and Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 of the Water Resources (Abstraction and Impounding) Regulations 2006.
How to view the application
You can view the application and supporting documents during normal office hours at the Environment Agency:
Mance House
Arthur Drive
Hoo Farm Industrial Estate
Worcester Road
Kidderminster
Worcsestershire
DY11 7RA
You can view a summary of the application, during normal office hours, on the Public Register at:
Sapphire East
550 Streetsbrook Road
Solihull
West Midlands
B91 1QT
How to comment
Send any representation about this application in writing, quoting the reference number NPS/WR/017000 to the Environment Agency at:
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 17 July 2015.
After the 17 July 2015, the Environment Agency will be able to grant a licence authorising the proposal. The licence shall be viewed as granted, unless the Secretary of State, either as a result of any representations made about the proposal or otherwise, instructs or asks for an application to be made to her.
For advice about how to make a representation call 03708 506 506.