Forgemasters, Brightside Lane, Sheffield - Notice of Application for a Transfer Licence to Abstract (take) Water

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

Water Resources Act 1991
(as amended by the Water Act 2003)
Notice of application for a transfer licence
to abstract (take) water

McLaughlin & Harvey Construction 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 licence to abstract water from underground strata comprising alluvium and Pennine Middle Coal Measures at Forgemasters, Brightside Lane, Sheffield, from an area formed by straight lines between National Grid References: SK 38525 90461, SK 38766 90561, SK 38943 90215 and SK 38708 90115, to transfer it back to the same source within the same area without intervening use.

The application is to abstract water as follows:

•  198 cubic metres an hour • 4,752 cubic metres a day

•  1,734,480 cubic metres a year

Abstraction will take place all year round for the purpose of dewatering, until construction work is complete.

Please contact us via email or use the number below to arrange to see the application documents.

Send any representations about this application in writing, quoting the name of the applicant and Reference Number NPS/WR/045135 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 4th September 2025.

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