The Environment Agency: application made to abstract water
Published 4 June 2026
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 transfer licence for the purpose of fish and eel passage at Rammey Sluice on the River Lee, Waltham Abbey, Essex. Water is abstracted from the River Lee at National Grid Reference (NGR) TL 37586 00198 and returned back to the River Lee at NGR TL 37583 00186.
Abstraction can take place all year and water is abstracted via gravity flow to a bypass channel (fish and eel pass) controlled by a penstock. The maximum design flow of the channel is 568.4 litres per second.
How to view the application
Please contact us via email or use the number below if you wish to see information contained on the public register.
How to comment on the application
Send any representation about this application in writing, quoting the reference number NPS/WR/045815 to the Environment Agency, at the 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 2 July 2026.
After the 2 July 2026, 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.