Notice

Richard William Johnson, Janet Mary Johnson and Mark William Johnson: application made to abstract water

Updated 16 November 2015

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Details of the application

Richard William Johnson, Janet Mary Johnson and Mark William Johnson of Hobkin Ground Farm, Broughton Mills, Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA20 6AU have 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 Appletree Worth Beck at Broughton Mills, Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria at National Grid Reference (NGR) SD 23675 91806.

The application is to abstract water as follows:

  • 198 cubic metres an hour

  • 4,752 cubic metres a day

  • 1,040,688 cubic metres a year

  • at an instantaneous rate of 55 litres per second

All year.

All of the water abstracted will be used for hydropower generation with a 10 kilowatt Turgo type turbine and will be returned to the River Lickle at NGR SD 23289 91720.

Further details are: the proposal includes a new intake structure with a 2 millimetre coanda-type fish screen, a bywash, a penstock pipe and a minimum prescribed flow to help maintain the ecology of the deprived stream channel. After the turbine the water, protected by a 3 millimetre fish screen, will be returned to the river via a new cascade structure.

How to view the application

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

Ghyll Mount
Gillan Way
Penrith 40 Business Park
Penrith
Cumbria
CA11 9BP

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

Ghyll Mount
Gillan Way
Penrith 40 Business Park
Penrith
Cumbria
CA11 9BP

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/015092 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 10 December 2015.

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

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