Environment Agency River Ouse Barmby On The Marsh 80412
What is planned?
Environment Agency
Water Resources Act 1991
(as amended by the Water Act 2003)
Notice of application to vary a full licence
to abstract (take) water
Canal & River Trust and R H Falkingham & Son
have applied to the Environment Agency for a licence.
The Environment Agency is giving notice of these
applications, in accordance with Section 37 of the
Water Resources Act 1991 and Regulation 6 of the
Water Resources (Abstraction and Impounding)
Regulations 2006.
The applications are to vary licence serial numbers
2/27/24/467/R02 and NE/027/0028/048/R01
respectively, authorising abstraction of water
from the River Ouse at Barmby on the Marsh, East
Riding, Yorkshire, between reaches at National Grid
References (NGRs) SE 69790 26858 and SE 70017
26806, SE 70709 26746 and SE 70831 26754, and at
National Grid Reference SE 67537 28825; and at the
River Derwent near Wressle, North Yorkshire, between
reaches at NGRs SE 70331 32711 and SE 70667
31359, SE 70674 31188 and SE 70677 30270, and at
NGRs SE 70458 30029, SE 68949 29009, SE 68194
28757, and SE 70551 34785. Both licences authorise
spray irrigation from 1 April to 30 September.
The variations applied for are to remove the
aggregate condition that restricts both licences’
abstraction quantities to 90 cubic metres per hour,
1,440 cubic metres per day, and 40,000 cubic metres
per year. 2/27/24/467/R02 will be able to abstract 90
cubic metres per hour, 1,440 cubic metres per day,
and 25,000 cubic metres per year. NE/027/0028/048/
R01 will be able to abstract 90 cubic metres per hour,
1,440 cubic metres per day, proposes to increase
annual abstraction from 40,000 to 49,999 cubic
metres, and proposes to add two abstraction reaches
(at NGRs SE 69405 39101 to SE 69442 39353, and
SE 69654 40465 to SE 69513 40670).
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 numbers NPS/WR/045471 &
NPS/WR/044196 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 23 October 2025.
For advice about how to make a representation call
03708 506 506.
