Notice

Mr Graham White & Mr Rod White trading as J D White and Sons: application made to abstract water

Published 15 October 2019

This notice was withdrawn on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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Details of the application

Mr Graham White & Mr Rod White trading as J D White and Sons 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 to vary licence number MD/054/0013/005 which authorises the abstraction of water from the River Avon at a reach between National Grid References (NGRs) SP 24708 56188 and SP 23718 56534.

The variation is to add the purposes of ‘trickle irrigation’ and ‘winter fill for subsequent irrigation’, to abstract water for a winter fill reservoir.

The stored water will be discharged back into the River Avon to be re-abstracted downstream at five other reaches and a single abstraction point that appear on partnered licences, between NGRs SP 23718 56534 and SP 07478 49061, during the summer Hands-off Flow period.

The below quantities will be added to the current licence and abstraction period changed to all year:

  • 114,000 cubic metres per year
  • 5,760 cubic metres per day
  • 240 cubic metres per hour
  • At an instantaneous rate not exceeding 66 litres per second

How to view the application

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

Sentinel House
9 Wellington Crescent
Fradley Park
Lichfield
WS13 8RR

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

Sentinel House
9 Wellington Crescent
Fradley Park
Lichfield
WS13 8RR

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/032315 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 12th November 2019.

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

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