Derbyshire - Application for a Transfer Licence to Abstract (Take) Water and for Licences

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

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

Notice of application for a transfer licence to abstract (take) water and for licences to alter obstructions that impede the flow of an inland water

The Trent Rivers Trust has applied to the Environment Agency for 4 licences.

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.

47557All applications are situated on the Henmore Brook, Ashbourne, Derbyshire.

The application at Nether Farm is to abstract water all year as follows:
• 428 cubic metres an hour • 10,264 cubic metres a day • 1,970,688 cubic metres a year

All water will be returned to the Henmore Brook at NGR SK 19434 46702. The palaeochannel will act to retain water in the upper catchment and provide areas of refuge for fish and invertebrates during periods of low flow.

The weirs at Brook Farm, Atlow Mill and Corley Farm are being removed to improve fish and invertebrate passage as well as sediment transportation.

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

Send any representations in writing, quoting the name of the applicant and the reference number(s) as mentioned in the table above 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 2nd April 2025.

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