Nettlefold Place - Notice of Application for Transfer Licence

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
Water Resources Act 1991 (as amended by the Water Act 2003)

Notice of application for transfer licence

The Environment Agency is applying to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

The application is for a new transfer licence for the purpose of filling a dry dock at Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex, to allow boats to enter for maintenance and subsequently exit again. Water is abstracted from the River Thames at National Grid Reference (NGR) TQ 10343 67851 and returned at NGR TQ 10269 67871.

Abstraction can take place all year and occurs by the opening of a sluice gate, which allows the dry dock to fill in approximately 2 hours at a rate of 1,100 cubic metres per hour. The maximum volume of water to be abstracted is 55,000 cubic metres per year and 1,210 cubic metres per day.

The Environment Agency is giving notice of this application, in accordance with Section 37 of the Water Resources Act 1991 and Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 of the Water Resources (Abstraction and Impounding) Regulations 2006.

Please contact us via email or use the number below if you wish to see information contained on the public register.

Send any representation about this application in writing, quoting the reference number NPS/WR/046495 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 10th June 2026.

After the 10th June 2026, the Environment Agency will be able to grant a licence authorising the proposal. The licence shall be viewed as granted, unless the Secretary of State, either as a result of any representations made about the proposal or otherwise, instructs or asks for an application to be made to them.

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