Notice

Kier Highways Limited: application made to abstract water

Published 25 October 2023

This notice was withdrawn on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

Kier Highways 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 for a licence to abstract water from the Great Oolite Limestone Group at Cowley, Gloucestershire in two areas bounded by the following National Grid References (NGRs):

  • SO 94005 14901, SO 94151 15005, SO 94723 14200, and SO 94577 14066; and
  • SO 94704 13837, SO 94818 13866, SO 94945 13469, and SO 94834 13435.

To transfer it to the Great Oolite Limestone Group at Cowley, Gloucestershire, at the following NGRs:

  • SO 94349 14700;
  • SO 94550 14066;
  • SO 94781 13520;
  • SO 94849 13409; and
  • SO 94816 13314;

without intervening use.

The application is to abstract water as follows:

  • 39.6 cubic metres an hour
  • 950 cubic metres a day
  • 346,750 cubic metres a year.

Further details are:

  • This licence application is associated with the ‘A417 Missing Link’ scheme.
  • The reason for carrying out the transfer is to dewater part of the construction site.
  • Water will be discharged into seepage lagoons at the NGRs listed above.

How to view the application

Please contact us via e-mail or use the number below to arrange to see the application documents.

Send any representation about this application by email, quoting the name of the applicant and reference number NPS/WR/038472 to the Environment Agency, at: PSC-WaterResources@environment-agency.gov.uk

By 22 November 2023.

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

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