Notice

The East Bergholt Estate Company Limited: application made to abstract water

Published 23 December 2022

This notice was withdrawn on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

The East Bergholt Estate Company 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 new full licence to abstract from the Stutton Brook at East Bergholt, Suffolk at National Grid Reference (NGR) TM 08540 36221.

The application is to abstract water as follows:

  • 36 cubic metres an hour
  • 864 cubic metres a day
  • 40,000 cubic metres a year
  • 10 litres per second
  • between November and March inclusive in each year.

The water will be used to fill a reservoir for subsequent spray irrigation.

Further details are: a lined storage reservoir of 40,000 cubic metres of water capacity will be constructed and centred around NGR TM 08364 35993.

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 number NPS/WR/037480 to the Environment Agency by email to: PSC-WaterResources@environment-agency.gov.uk

By 20 January 2023.

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

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