Blythburgh, Suffolk - Application to Renew Variation to a Water Abstraction Licence

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

Water Resources Act 1991

(as amended by the Water Act 2003)

Notice of application to renew on different terms a variation to a full licence to abstract (take) water

Brownfield Associates 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 on different terms a variation licence serial number #7/35/02/*G/0133 which authorises the abstraction of groundwater from sand and gravel at Blythburgh, Suffolk.

The existing time-limited variation authorises water abstraction using 3 boreholes for the purpose of commercial: general use associated with public events and festivals at National Grid References TM 44790 77490, TM 45260 77180 and TM 44851 77554 at the total volumes as follows:

• 30 cubic metres (m3) an hour

• 720m3 a day

• 35,000m3 a year

• Between 01 April to 31 October inclusive in each year

The application is to renew these terms. The different terms are to reinstate an abstraction point, a borehole at National Grid Reference: TM 45370 76450 which lapsed from the licence in 2022. Abstraction will be authorised for the same purpose, period and volumes specified.

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/046911 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 24th July 2026.

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