Notice

Hills Quarry Products Limited (NPS/WR/031564): application made to abstract water

Published 27 August 2019

This notice was withdrawn on

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

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Details of the application

Hills Quarry 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 6 of the Water Resources (Abstraction and Impounding) Regulations 2006.

The application is for a full licence to abstract water from an excavation in the Thames Gravel Aquifer located at Cerney Wick Farm, near Cerney Wick, Gloucestershire and represented by the boundary formed between National Grid References (NGRs) SU 07609 95513, SU 07938 95608, SU 08467 95068, SU 08210 94809, SU 07377 94853 and SU 07230 94991.

Water will be transferred to a trench dug into the Thames Gravel Aquifer, also located at Cerney Wick Farm Quarry and represented by the reach formed between NGRs SU 07453 95295, SU 08210 94809 and SU 08490 95056 without intervening use.

The proposal is to abstract all year and at the following rates:

  • 400 cubic metres an hour
  • 4,700 cubic metres a day
  • 1,250,000 cubic metres a year

Water will subsequently be transferred from the trench to the River Churn at NGR SU 08490 95056 without intervening use, all year and at a rate of 1,200 cubic metres per day.

The transfer of water is for the purpose of dewatering to facilitate sand and gravel extraction.

How to view the application

You can view the application and supporting documents, during normal office hours at the Environment Agency:

Red Kite House
Howbery Park
Crowmarsh
Gifford
Wallingford,
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BD

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

Red Kite House
Howbery Park
Crowmarsh
Gifford
Wallingford,
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BD

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/031564 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 24th September 2019.

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

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