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Ewelme Park, Henley-on-Thames - Licence to Abstract Water
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ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
Water Resources Act 1991
(as amended by the Water Act 2003)
Notice of application for a full licence to abstract (take) water Ewelme Park Estate Private 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 full licence to abstract water from Chiltern Chalk from a borehole at National Grid Reference SU 67050 88932, Ewelme Park, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
The application is to abstract water as follows:
• 5 cubic metres an hour • 120 cubic metres a day
• 43,800 cubic metres a year.
The water will be used for filling a reservoir for subsequent
irrigation of a polo field.
Further details are: abstraction to fill the reservoir is all year and subsequent irrigation will take place from 1 April to 30 September. The reservoir has a storage capacity of 22,000 cubic metres.
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/048237 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 11 December 2026.
For advice about how to make a representation call
03708 506 506.
