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The Environment Agency's charging scheme for environmental permits, abstraction licences and impounding licences.
You will need to apply for a licence to authorise the amount of water you…
How to apply to the Environment Agency for a water abstraction or impounding licence.
How to change, revoke or transfer your licence, including if the licence holder dies or becomes bankrupt and find out when changes can be enforced.
Use the pre-application advice service to find out the likelihood of getting a licence, what restrictions it may have and what you need to send with your application.
If you impound water, or plan to, you may need to apply for an impounding licence.
The licences and permits you need, the documents you must prepare, and how to apply to build a hydropower scheme.
How to work out charges for water abstraction and impounding licences.
The hydrological information the Environment Agency may need when you apply for a water abstraction or impounding licence.
A framework for water supply reservoirs and flood risk management, and how to apply it.
This leaflet explains how abstraction or impoundment licences can be changed to restore sustainable abstraction.
The Environment Agency has made an application to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for one transfer licence and two impoundment licences.
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