Notice

Joseph Rochford Gardens Limited NPS/NA/000750: application made to abstract water

Published 14 May 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This notice was withdrawn on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

Details of the application

Joseph Rochford Gardens Limited has applied to the Environment Agency to vary 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 Upper Lee catchment.

The application is to vary a full licence to abstract water as follows:

  • at an instantaneous rate of 5 litres per second
  • 3 cubic metres an hour
  • 52 cubic metres a day
  • 11,128 cubic metres a year
  • between 1 April and 31 March inclusive in each year.
  • at National Grid Reference (NGR) TL 28859 10659.
  • from abstraction location Borehole abstraction from Thames Groundwater at 1 Pipers End, Letty Green, Hertford

The water will be used for Trickle irrigation - Direct.

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 in writing, quoting the name of the applicant and reference number NPS/NA/000750 to the Environment Agency at: PSC-WaterResources@environment-agency.gov.uk

By 11 June 2020.

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