Bradgate Landfill Site, Leicester - Application To Vary A Full Licence To Abstract (Take) Water
What is proposed?
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
Water Resources Act 1991 (as amended by the Water Act 2003)
Notice of application to vary a full licence to abstract (take) water
FCC Environment (UK) 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 MD/028/0056/004 which authorises the abstraction of groundwater (South Charnwood Diorite) at Bradgate Landfill Site, Leicester at National Grid Reference SK 51234 08863 for the purpose of dewatering.
The variation applied for is to increase abstraction quantities to:
• 5 cubic metres an hour • 103 cubic metres per day
• 20,000 cubic metres a year.
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/045290 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@environmentagency.gov.uk by 11th September 2025. For advice about how to make a representation call 03708 506 506.
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