Notice

Environment Agency (NPS/WR/030366): application made to abstract water

Published 12 February 2020

This notice was withdrawn on

The consultation period for this application has ended. You can view current licences on the Public Registers.

Applies to England

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Details of the application

The Environment Agency is applying to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural affairs for a new licence to replace licence number 4/30/11/*G/0107/R02, which expires on 31 March 2020.

The abstraction takes place from an underground strata comprising of Lincolnshire Limestone at Sleaford, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire at National Grid Reference TF 06041 45877 for the purpose of supply to the River Slea for augmentation. The new licence will be varied to change the abstraction quantities from 125 cubic meres per hour, 3,000 cubic metres per day and 400,000 cubic metres per year at a maximum instantaneous rate of 35 litres per second to 126 cubic metres per hour and 3,024 cubic metres per day at a maximum instantaneous rate of 35 litres per second and to include a 5 year total aggregate quantity specifying the abstraction shall not exceed 2,000,000 cubic metres between 01 April 2020 and 31 March 2025.

Further details on the proposal are: to bring the hourly and daily quantities into line with the instantaneous rate, as multiplied up, and to allow flexibility with the annual quantity so that more augmentation can occur in dry years if required whilst keeping overall abstraction at an average of 400,000 cubic metres per year over consecutive years.

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:

Waterside House
Waterside North
Lincoln
LN2 5HA

You can view a summary of the application, during normal office hours, on the Public Register at:

Waterside House
Waterside North
Lincoln
LN2 5HA

How to comment on the application

Send any representation about this application in writing, quoting the name of the applicant and reference number NPS/WR/030366 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 11 March 2020.

After 11 March 2020, 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 them.

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

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