River Wensum, St James Mill, Notice of Application for a full Licence to abstract (take) 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

Barrack Street Developments 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 the River Wensum at St James Mill, The Close, Whitefriars, Norwich, Norfolk at National Grid Reference TG 23495 09239.

The application is to abstract water as follows:

• 25 litres per second • 90 cubic metres an hour

• 489.903 cubic metres a day • 176,000 cubic metres a year

• Between 1 April and 31 March inclusive in each year

The applicant plans to install an open-loop water source heat pump system for heating and cooling the building at St James Mill.

The abstracted water will be pumped through a heat exchanger and then returned to the River Wensum at National Grid Reference TG 23505 09251, approximately 10 metres downstream of the abstraction point, within 24 hours of abstraction.

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/044046 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 29th May 2025.

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