Application to vary a full licence to abstract (take) water at West Dereham, King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
What is proposed?
Water Resources Act 1991 (as amended by the Water Act 2003)
Notice of application to vary a full licence to abstract (take) water G.S. Shropshire & Sons 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 6/33/56/*S/0013 which authorises the abstraction of water from the Cut-Off Channel, un-named drains and a catchpit within the South Level System at West Dereham, King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
The variation applied for is to extend the abstraction reach within the Cut-Off Channel. The reach currently stretches between National Grid References TL 64450 99410 and TL 65530 99680, the proposal is to change this to between TL 64450 99410 and TL 69888 90468.
Please contact us via email or use the number below to arrange to see the application documents.
Send any representation about this application in writing, quoting the name of the applicant and reference number NPS/WR/045115 to the Environment Agency at the Permitting and Support Centre, Water Resources Team, Quadrant 2, 99 Parkway Avenue, Sheffield, S9 4WF or by email to PSC-WaterResources@environment-agency.gov.uk by 5th September 2025.
For advice about how to make a representation call 03708 506 506.
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