Notice

National Trust (Renewable Energy) Limited: application made to abstract water and impound water

Published 8 November 2018

This notice was withdrawn on

The consultation period for this application has ended. You can view current licences on the Public Registers.

Applies to England

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Details of the application

National Trust (Renewable Energy) Limited has applied to the Environment Agency for two licences.

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 first application is for a full licence to abstract (take) water from Woundale Beck at Windermere, Cumbria at National Grid Reference (NGR) NY 41371 06386.

The application is to abstract water all year at the following rates:

  • 486 cubic metres an hour
  • 11,664 cubic metres a day
  • 4,257,360 cubic metres a year
  • At an instantaneous rate not exceeding 135 litres per second.

The water will be used to generate hydro-electric power (HEP) before being discharged downstream of the weir at NGR NY 41905 05832 thereby creating a 900 metre depleted reach.

The second application is for a licence to impede the flow of Woundale Beck at the abstraction point in Windermere, Cumbria at NGR NY 41371 06386, by installing a stone faced concrete intake structure across the face of the watercourse to facilitate abstraction.

How to view the application

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

Ghyll Mount
Gillan Way
Penrith 40 Business Park
Penrith
Cumbria
CA11 9BP

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

Ghyll Mount
Gillan Way
Penrith 40 Business Park
Penrith
Cumbria
CA11 9BP

How to comment on the application

Send any representation about this application in writing, quoting the name of the applicant and reference numbers NPS/WR/028012 (full) and NPS/WR/029637 (impoundment) to the Environment Agency at:

Permitting and Support Centre
Water Resources Team
Quadrant 2
99 Parkway Avenue
Sheffield
S9 4WF

Online: view and comment on the application using Citizen Space

Or by email to: PSC-WaterResources@environment-agency.gov.uk

By 6 December 2018.

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

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