Notice

Forterra Building Products Limited (NPS/NA/001248): application made to abstract water

Published 10 June 2021

This notice was withdrawn on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

Forterra Building Products 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 8 of The Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017.

The Environment Agency has received the following abstraction licence application within the Old Bedford including the Middle Level catchment.

The application is for a licence to transfer water as follows:

  • at an instantaneous rate of 70 litres per second
  • 250 cubic metres an hour
  • 6,000 cubic metres a day
  • 648,153 cubic metres a year
  • between 1 April and 31 March inclusive in each year
  • an area between National Grid References TL 21648 97507; TL 24352 97061; TL 23305 96466; and TL 21447 96907
  • from abstraction location underground strata comprising sands and gravels at Whittlesey Quarry, Peterborough.

The water will be used for transfer for the purpose of dewatering

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/NA/001248 to the Environment Agency at: PSC-WaterResources@environment-agency.gov.uk

By 8th July 2021.

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

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