Notice

Low Wood Hotel (1958) Limited and Holbeck Ghyll Country House Hotel Limited: application made to abstract water and impound water

Published 2 October 2014

This notice was withdrawn on 3 November 2014

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

Applies to England

Low Wood Hotel (1958) Limited and Holbeck Ghyll Country House Hotel Limited have applied to the Environment Agency for a licence.

The Environment Agency is giving notice of these applications (in accordance with Section 37 of the Water Resources Act 1991 and Regulation 6 of the Water Resources (Abstraction and Impounding) Regulations 2006.

The applications from Low Wood Hotel (1958) Limited and Holbeck Ghyll Country House Hotel Limited were originally advertised separately on the 5 June 2014 and 18 September 2014 respectively.

The applications of Low Wood Hotel (1958) Limited:

Ambleside Road
Windermere
Cumbria
LA23 1LP

Are for a licence to abstract water and a licence to impound to install a new intake weir on Hol Beck at National Grid Reference (NGR) NY 39259 02587.

The purpose of the works is to facilitate the abstraction of water through a single Turgo hydropower turbine. If licensed the turbine will have a maximum capacity of 79 litres per second. It will operate all year and will be subject to a local hands-off flow constraint. All of the water used will be returned to the Hol Beck approximately 866 meters (m) downstream of the weir.

The application of Holbeck Ghyll Country House Hotel Limited:

Holbeck Lane
Windermere
Cumbria
LA23 1LU

Is for a licence to abstract water from Hol Beck at NGR NY 39161 02363.

The purpose of the licence is to facilitate the installation of a side intake for abstraction of water through a single Turgo hydropower turbine. If licensed the turbine will have a maximum capacity of 75 litres per second. It will operate all year and will be subject to a local hands-off flow constraint. All of the water used will be returned to the Hol Beck approximately 334m downstream of the weir.

1. How to view the application

A copy of the applications, maps, plans and any other documents submitted with them may be inspected free of charge at the address of the Environment Agency at:

Ghyll Mount
Gillan Way
Penrith
CA11 9BP

During normal office hours (Monday to Friday, except bank holidays).

You can see a summary of the applications from the Public Register at the above address during normal office hours or a summary will be provided on request, for which there may be a charge.

2. Your chance to comment

Any person who has previously made a representation to the Environment Agency about either of the proposed schemes need not repeat that representation because it will be taken into account before a final determination is made.

However any person who wishes to make a new or a further representation about any of these applications must do so in writing, quoting the name of the applicant and the reference number:

For the Low Wood Hotel (1958) Limited abstraction licence and impounding licence applications quote Low Wood NPS/WR/014784 and for the Holbeck Ghyll Country House Hotel Limited impounding licence application quote Holbeck Ghyll NPS/WR/016815.

Written representation should be sent to the Environment Agency at:

Permitting & Support Centre
Water Resources Team
Quadrant 2
99 Parkway Avenue
Sheffield
S9 4WF

Or by email to PSC-WaterResources@environment-agency.gov.uk

By 30 October 2014

For further advice about making a representation, a leaflet ‘Making your views count’ is available free of charge on request from local Environment Agency offices. Any general enquiries about this notice can be made by telephoning the National Customer Contact Centre on 03708 506 506.