Notice

Leaderboard Golf Courses (Dale Hill) Limited: application made to abstract water

Published 22 January 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This notice was withdrawn on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

Details of the application

Leaderboard Golf Courses (Dale Hill) 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 a borehole into the Ashdown Formation aquifer at National Grid Reference TQ 70513 30028, at Dale Hill Hotel and Golf Course, Ticehurst, East Sussex.

The application is to abstract water as follows:

  • 20 cubic metres an hour
  • 400 cubic metres a day
  • 49,000 cubic metres a year
  • between 1 March and 31 October inclusive in each year.

Water will be used for the purpose of filling a pond for subsequent spray irrigation of a golf course.

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/WR/029255 to the Environment Agency at: PSC-WaterResources@environment-agency.gov.uk

By 19 February 2021.

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