Notice

WM Bracey Limited: application made to abstract water

Published 18 May 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This notice was withdrawn on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

WM Bracey 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 6 of the Water Resources (Abstraction and Impounding) Regulations 2006).

The application is to vary licence serial number 7/34/10/*S/0103 which authorises the abstraction of water from an unlined reservoir adjacent to the Ormesby Broad at National Grid Reference (NGR) TG 46542 16911.

The variation applied for is to change the purpose of abstraction from ‘frost protection for spray irrigation’ to ‘storage for subsequent spray irrigation’ into a planned reservoir at NGR TG 46985 18070. The quantities and period of abstraction will be changed accordingly:

Current licence

  • 5,230 cubic metres per day

  • 52,300 cubic metres per year

  • Between 1 March and 7 June inclusive in each year

New licence

  • 3,382 cubic metres per day

  • 31,380 cubic metres per year

  • Between 1 November and 31 March inclusive in each year

Further details are: the abstraction is within the Trinity Broads catchment and the Broads licencing strategy area.

How to view the application

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

Iceni House
Cobham Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP3 9JD

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

Iceni House
Cobham Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP3 9JD

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/024804, 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 15 June 2017

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

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