Saint-Gobain Construction Products UK Limited - Application for License to Abstract Water

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

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

Notice of application for a full licence to abstract (take) water

Saint-Gobain Construction Products 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 for a full licence to abstract water from underground strata comprising of Purbeck Limestone at National Grid Reference (NGR) TQ 72461 19526 at Mountfield Mine, Robertsbridge, East Sussex.

The application is to abstract water as follows:

• 30 cubic metres an hour

• 720 cubic metres a day

• 262,800 cubic metres a year.

The water will be used for the manufacture of plasterboard products.

Further details are: The applicant also holds a transfer licence that abstracts from the same location as above and discharges to the River Line at NGR TQ 7252 1957.

Please contact us via e-mail 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/039110 to the Environment Agency, at: PSC-WaterResources@environment-agency.gov.uk by 27th October 2023.

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