Notice

The Environment Agency: application made to abstract water (NPS/WR/021737)

Published 27 October 2016

This notice was withdrawn on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

The Environment Agency has applied to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for a licence.

The Environment Agency is giving notice of this application, in accordance with Section 37 of the Water Resources Act 1991 and Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 of the Water Resources (Abstraction and Impounding) Regulations 2006.

The application is for a new full abstraction licence to replace an expiring licence number SO/042/0031/026 which authorises the abstraction of water from underground strata (chalk) at Preston Candover at National Grid References:

  • SU 61055 43036
  • SU 61055 42994
  • SU 62579 41957
  • SU 62632 41962
  • SU 61551 40546
  • SU 61522 40483

For the purpose of augmenting flow in the Candover Stream for ‘environmental support’.

Further details of the proposal are to decrease the authorised abstraction from:

  • 3,750,000 cubic metres per year to 750,000 cubic metres per year
  • 27,000 cubic metres per day to 5,000 cubic metres per day

To limit the frequency that periods of augmentation occur to, at most, one period in every six years, to add a further ecological monitoring point upstream of The Grange Lake, and to time limit the licence to 31 December 2022 to enable any necessary changes to be made to it following a scheduled project to produce new, specific flow targets for the River Itchen Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) by 2021.

How to view the application

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

Romsey District Office
Canal Walk
Romsey
Hampshire
SO51 7LP

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

Romsey District Office
Canal Walk
Romsey
Hampshire
SO51 7LP

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/021737 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 24 November 2016.

After the 24 November 2016, the Environment Agency will be able to grant a licence authorising the proposal. The licence shall be viewed as granted, unless the Secretary of State, either as a result of any representations made about the proposal or otherwise, instructs or asks for an application to be made to them.

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

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