Stowlangtoft Estate - Water Resources Act 1991

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

Roger Catchpole and John Catchpole (trading as Stowlangtoft Estate) 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 full licence to abstract water from the Black Bourn River between National Grid References TL 95071 67082 and TL 94936 67317 near Stowlangtoft, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. The application is to abstract water as follows:

• 72 cubic metres an hour • 1,728 cubic metres a day • 50,000 cubic metres a year • between 01 November and 31 March inclusive in each year.

The water will be used for filling a reservoir for subsequent spray irrigation and trickle irrigation of crops. Please contact us via email or use the number below to arrange to see the application documents. Send any representation about this application by email, quoting the name of the applicant and reference number NPS/WR/043127 to the Environment Agency at PSC-WaterResources@environmentagency.gov.uk by 10th January 2025. For advice about how to make a representation call 03708 506 506.