Notice

Aggregate Industries UK Limited: application made to abstract water

Published 3 October 2024

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Details of the application

Aggregate Industries UK Limited has applied to the Environment Agency for four licences within the Lower Trent and Erewash catchment.

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.

All abstraction will take place within the area bounded by the following National Grid References (NGRs): SK 80759 85433, SK 81997 85433, SK 81997 83797, and SK 80759 83797.

The applications for licences to abstract water are as follows:

Reference number and licence type Purpose of use Abstraction  source and location Quantities being applied for
NPS/WR/040457 Full licence Dust suppression, wheel washing and mineral washing Lagoon at Sturton Le Steeple Quarry, Nottinghamshire 575 cubic metres per hour, 5,750 cubic metres per day, 1,550,000 cubic metres per year
NPS/WR/040458 Transfer licence Dewatering and quarry operations Underground strata comprising the Holme Pierrepont Sand and Gravel Member at Sturton Le Steeple Quarry, Nottinghamshire 486 cubic metres per hour, 11,650 cubic metres per day, 3,965,000 cubic metres per year
NPS/WR/042940 Transfer licence Dewatering Lagoon at Sturton Le Steeple Quarry, Nottinghamshire 1 cubic metre per hour, 24 cubic metres per day, 7,265 cubic metres per year
NPS/WR/042941 Transfer licence Dewatering Lagoon at Sturton Le Steeple Quarry, Nottinghamshire 486 cubic metres per hour, 11,650 cubic metres per day, 3,965,000 cubic metres per year

Further details are:

  • The purpose of the proposed licences is to enable the operation of Sturton Le Steeple Quarry.
  • Discharges related to licence applications NPS/WR/040458 and NPS/WR/042940 will be to a lagoon and recharge trench respectively, both at Sturton Le Steeple Quarry, Nottinghamshire. The lagoon and recharge trench will both be located within the area bounded by NGRs SK 80759 85433, SK 81997 85433, SK 81997 83797, and SK 80759 83797.
  • Discharges related to licence application NPS/WR/042941 will be to the River Trent  at Sturton Le Steeple, Nottinghamshire, at National Grid Reference SK 80933 85699, and will take place subject to discharge permit NPSWQD006845.
  • The transfer licences will transfer water between sources of supply without intervening use.

How to view the application

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 numbers (listed above) to the Environment Agency, at: PSC-WaterResources@environment-agency.gov.uk

By 31 October 2024.

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

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