Notice

Lyn Valley Trust Partnership, c/o Lynmouth & Lynton Lift Company: application made to abstract water and impound water

Published 26 June 2014

This notice was withdrawn on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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An application has been made to the Environment Agency by Lyn Valley Trust Partnership, c/o Lynmouth & Lynton Lift Company. The Environment Agency are required to give notice of this application.

The application is for a full licence to abstract water from the West Lyn River, Barbrook, at National Grid Reference (NGR) SS 71538 47694 via a coanda screen, with discharge of water, via a turbine located at NGR SS 71693 48380, to the West Lyn River.

The proposal is to abstract water at the following rates and periods:

  • 3924 cubic metres an hour
  • 94,176 cubic metres a day
  • 20,718,720 cubic metres a year
  • at a rate not exceeding 1090 litres per second

The water will be used for power generation.

Application is also being made for a licence to obstruct or impede the flow of the West Lyn River in Barbrook at NGR SS 7153 4769. The object of impounding water by means of the works is to facilitate abstraction of water for power generation.

1. How to view the application

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

Manley House
Kestrel Way
Sowton Industrial Estate
Exeter
EX2 7LQ

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

Summary details of the applications are also available from the Public Register held by the Environment Agency at the above address and may also be inspected free of charge during normal office hours.

2. Your chance to comment

Any person who wishes to make representations about the applications must do so in writing, quoting the name of the applicant and reference numbers NPS/WR/014994 and NPS/WR/014996 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 no later than 24 July 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 03708 506 506.

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