WB Chambers Farms Limited NPS/NA/000677: application made to abstract water
Published 9 June 2021
Applies to England
Details of the application
WB Chambers Farms Limited 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 8 of The Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017.
The Environment Agency has received the following abstraction licence application within the Darent catchment.
The application is for a full licence to abstract water as follows:
- at an instantaneous rate of 7.5 litres per second
- 27 cubic metres an hour
- 648 cubic metres a day
- 101,542 cubic metres a year
- between 1 March and 31 December inclusive in each year
- at National Grid Reference (NGR) TQ 54658 69221
- from abstraction location Underground strata comprising chalk at Homefield Farm, South Darenth, Sevenoaks, Kent.
The water will be used for Trickle Irrigation
How to view the application
We are following Government advice to manage the risks of Coronavirus to our organisation, to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of our staff and sustain our critical operations. As a result, please contact us via e-mail or use the number below to arrange to see the application documents.
How to comment on the application
Send any representation about this application by email, quoting the name of the applicant and reference number NPS/NA/000677 to the Environment Agency at: PSC-WaterResources@environment-agency.gov.uk
By 7 July 2021
For advice about how to make a representation call 03708 506 506.