Notice

M.F. Martin Limited: application made to abstract water

Published 23 October 2024

Applies to England

Details of the application

M.F. Martin 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 6/33/53/*S/0780 which authorises the abstraction of water from the Middle Level System at March, Cambridgeshire, from National Grid References TL 46010 96620 (point A), TL 44490 95530 (point B) and multiple reaches nearby.

The variation applied for is to increase the annual winter abstraction volume to fill two reservoirs from 63,644 cubic metres to 80,000 cubic metres (40,000 cubic metres per year from each abstraction points A and B).

The application is also to increase the summer re-abstraction for spray irrigation from the Middle Level System from 57,279.6 cubic metres to 72,000 cubic metres per year.

How to view the application

Please contact us via email 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/WR/041242 to the Environment Agency at: PSC-WaterResources@environment-agency.gov.uk

By 20 November 2024.

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