Tupgill Park, Coverdale, Leyburn – Application for variation of 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

Colin Robert Armstrong 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 vary licence serial number 2/27/22/128 which authorises the abstraction of water from Carboniferous Limestone at Tupgill Park, Coverdale, Leyburn at National Grid Reference (NGR) SE 10107 86582.

The variation applied for is: To add an additional abstraction point at NGR SE 09505 87119 via the means of a borehole.

The licenced quantity has been applied to be increased to 24,000 cubic meters per year which will be in aggregate with the existing quantities licenced.

The quantities applied for from the new borehole are as follows:

• 5 cubic metres per hour • 120 cubic metres per day

• 24,000 cubic metres per year.

The purposes for the new point of abstraction and its associated quantities are spray irrigation and potable water supply

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/045777 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 28th November 2025.

For advice about how to make a representation call

03708 506 506.