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Buxton Area - Application for a transfer licence to abstract water

SK17 8EUPublished 07/08/25
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What is proposed?

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
Water Resources Act 1991 (as amended by the Water Act 2003)
Notice of application for a transfer licence to abstract (take) water
Cemex UK Materials 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 the Carboniferous Limestone at Dove Holes Quarry, Buxton between National Grid References SK 09032 79471, SK 09641 78459, SK 08940 77195 and SK 07981 78287 to transfer it to the Carboniferous Limestone via boreholes at National Grid References SK 10179 79007, SK 10172 79008 and SK 09894 77848 without intervening use, and to an unnamed stream at National Grid Reference SK 09147 76876 without intervening use.
The application is to abstract water as follows:
• 605 cubic metres an hour • 14,502 cubic metres a day
• 5,293,376 cubic metres a year
Abstraction will take place year-round.
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/045149 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.

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