Notice

Stroud Valleys Canal Company: application made to abstract water

Published 22 March 2017

This notice was withdrawn on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

Stroud Valleys Canal Company 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 for a full licence to abstract water from the River Frome at Brimscombe at two locations at National Grid References SO 86596 02478 and SO 87290 02105.

The application is to abstract water as follows:

  • 312.5 cubic metres an hour

  • 7,500 cubic metres a day

  • 2,737,500 cubic metres a year

Between 1 April and 31 March inclusive in each year.

The water will be used for providing a water supply to the Thames and Severn Canal. Further details are: The Environment Agency is proposing to impose bespoke conditions on the licence (if granted) to protect low flows and ongoing geomorphological and ecological monitoring of the River Frome. The Environment Agency is also proposing to restrict abstraction (if authorised) to one abstraction point at a time.

How to view the application

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

Riversmeet House
Northway Lane
Newtown Industrial Estate
Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire
GL20 8JG

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

Riversmeet House
Northway Lane
Newtown Industrial Estate
Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire
GL20 8JG

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/016471, 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 19 April 2017.

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

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