Berwick Hill Down, Berwick St Leonard - Application to Vary Water Abstraction Licence

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

Penning Power & Water 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 to renew and vary licence serial number SW/043/0022/004 (now /R01) which authorises the abstraction of water from the underground strata comprising of Upper Chalk at National Grid References ST 92240 35410 (‘A’) and ST 92300 33900 (‘B’) at Berwick Hill Down, Berwick St Leonard, Salisbury, Wiltshire.

The variation applied for is to change the purposes authorised at point ‘A’ to ‘Water bottling’, ‘General farming (excluding irrigation)’, ‘Domestic’ and ‘General farming (excluding irrigation and Domestic)’ and to change the purposes authorised at point ‘B’ to ‘General farming (excluding irrigation)’ and ‘Domestic’. They have also applied to change the overall authorised quantities on the licence, the overall aggregate daily quantity on the licence will be increased from 240 cubic metres a day to 310 cubic metres a day with the aggregate annual quantity being reduced from 68,986 cubic metres a year to 57,443 cubic metres a year. The aggregate hourly quantity will not be changed.

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/041795 to the Environment Agency, at the Customer 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 3rd April 2025.

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