Notice

Ralph M Abel Smith and Thomas R B Abel Smith trading as Woodhall Farming Company: application made to abstract water and impound water

Published 22 February 2018

This notice was withdrawn on

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

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Details of the application

Ralph M Abel Smith and Thomas R B Abel Smith trading as Woodhall Farming Company has applied to the Environment Agency for 3 licences.

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.

Woodhall Farming Company has applied for a licence to obstruct or impede the flow of the River Beane at National Grid Reference (NGR):TL 30875 18940.

By means of a concrete weir water will be impounded to split the flow between the River Beane and a new meander channel, which will bypass Broadwater Weir.

The application includes a licence to abstract (take) water from the River Beane at NGR: TL 30843 18898 to transfer it via the new meander channel to the River Beane at NGR: TL 31372 18263 without intervening use.

The application is to abstract water as follows:

  • 852 cubic metres an hour
  • 20,448 cubic metres a day
  • 7,463,520 cubic metres a year

Abstraction will take place all year.

The application includes a licence to abstract (take) water from the River Beane at NGR: TL 31456 17870 to transfer it via a new pipe to the Stapleford Marsh Ditch at TL 31441 17870 without intervening use.

The application is to abstract water as follows:

  • 18 cubic metres an hour
  • 432 cubic metres a day
  • 157,680 cubic metres a year

Abstraction will take place all year.

Further details are: the proposal is to bypass two weirs at Woodhall Park to improve fish passage and to create a more natural aquatic and riparian chalk stream habitat. A new meander channel will be constructed to bypass Broadwater Weir. The new weir will split flows between this new channel and the current watercourse.

A second new meander channel will be constructed utilising part of the Stapleford Marsh Ditch and this will bypass Horseshoe Weir. A new pipe will be installed to transfer a flow into the remaining stretch of the Stapleford Marsh Ditch.

How to view the application

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

Alchemy House
Bessember Road
Welwyn Garden City
AL7 1HE

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

Alchemy House
Bessember Road
Welwyn Garden City
AL7 1HE

How to comment on the application

Send any representations in writing, quoting the name of the applicant and reference number NPS/WR/026571 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 22 March 2018.

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

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