Dorset, Application For A Full Water Abstraction Licence

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

Water Resources Act 1991

(as amended by the Water Act 2003)

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

Boarsbarrow Farms 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 of Bridport Sand – Beacon Limestone and Inferior Oolite, Bridport Sand and Beacon Limestone via a borehole at National Grid Reference ST 48357 01897 at Northfield Farm, Beaminster, Dorset.

The application seeks to abstract water all year round as follows:

• 4 cubic metres an hour • 21 cubic metres a day

• 5,900 cubic metres a year.

The water will be used for Agriculture other than irrigation.

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/044053 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 17th July 2025.

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