Notice

SP11 6DB, Vitacress Salads Limited: environmental permit application advertisement - P.5768/H/95/V001

Published 2 August 2024

This notice was withdrawn on 6 September 2024

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

Applies to England

Details of the application

The Environment Agency has received a variation application for an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 from Vitacress Salads Limited.

Application number

P.5768/H/95/V001

Regulated facility type

Watercress bed settlement system and vegetable washwater treatment system

Regulated facility address

Vitacress Salads Limited
Lower Link Farm
Lower Link
St Mary Bourne
Andover
Hampshire
SP11 6DB

National grid reference discharge point

• Activity 1 – SU 42793 49085 and SU 42762 49021

• Activity 2a – SU 42749 48940

• Activity 2b – SU 42755 48932

• Activity 2c – SU 42760 48922

• Activity 3a/b – SU 43021 49221 and SU 43021 49221

• Activity 3c – SU 43017 48994

• Activity 4 – SU 43028 49209

Receiving environment

• Activity 1 – Bourne Rivulet

• Activity 2a – Bourne Rivulet

• Activity 2b – Bourne Rivulet

• Activity 2c – Bourne Rivulet

• Activity 3a/b – Eastern Channel – tributary of the Bourne Rivulet

• Activity 3c – Eastern Channel – tributary of the Bourne Rivulet

• Activity 4 – Eastern Channel – tributary of the Bourne Rivulet

Effluent type

• Activity 1 – Trade effluent consisting of watercress bed effluent from D block watercress beds

• Activity 2a – Trade effluent consisting of watercress bed effluent from R block watercress beds

• Activity 2b – Trade effluent consisting of watercress bed effluent from R block watercress beds

• Activity 2c – Trade effluent consisting of watercress bed effluent from R block watercress beds

• Activity 3a/b – Trade effluent consisting of watercress bed effluent from C, B & E block watercress beds (under normal operation) and trade effluent from cleaning of D, R, C, B & E block watercress beds

• Activity 3c – Trade effluent consisting of watercress bed effluent from C, B & E block watercress beds (under normal operation) and trade effluent from cleaning of D, R, C, B & E block watercress beds

• Activity 4 – Trade effluent consisting of vegetable washwater

Volume

• Activity 1 – 19.48 cubic metres per day

• Activity 2a, 2b & 2c – 1,125.74 cubic metres per day

• Activity 3a/b and 3c – 421.81 cubic metres per day

• Activity 4 – 2,653.84 cubic metres per day

How to view the application

The variation application can be viewed online: https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/psc/sp11-6db-vitacress-salads-limited-p5768h95v001

Please contact us via e-mail at psc-waterquality@environment-agency.gov.uk or contact us on 03708 506 506 to arrange to see the application documents if you are unable to access Citizen Space.

How to comment on the application

If you have any comments on the application please send these by 2 September 2024.

You can comment:

Online: https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/psc/sp11-6db-vitacress-salads-limited-p5768h95v001

Via email: psc-waterquality@environment-agency.gov.uk

For advice about how to make a representation or if you are unable to make a representation via e-mail please call 03708 506 506.

The Environment Agency will normally put any comments it receives on the public register. This includes your name but not your personal contact details. Please tell us if you do not want your response to be public.

The privacy notice for permit applicants/operators can be viewed at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/environmental-permits-privacy-notice