ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Water Resources Act 1991

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 Ann Christine Messenger, Edwin Messenger and Ralph Edward Messenger trading as E & A C Messenger have 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 13/44/058/S/014 which authorises the abstraction of water from a stream flowing from Bubble Spring at Galton Farm, Owermoigne, Dorset between National Grid References SY 7793 8536 to SY 7825 8591. Abstraction is for the purpose of spray irrigation between March and September inclusive. The variation applied for is: to add an additional abstraction point at National Grid Reference SY 77932 85349 at Bubble Spring pond, Galton Farm, Owermoigne and to increase abstraction rates as follows: from 91 cubic metres per day to 600 cubic metres per day and from 818.3 cubic metres per year to 35,000 cubic metres per year, at the instantaneous rate of 20 litres per second.

You can see the application and documents submitted with it at the Environment Agency: Rivers House, Sunrise Business Park, Higher Shaftesbury Road, Blandford Forum, DT11 8ST during normal office hours (Monday to Friday, except bank holidays). You can see a summary of the application from the Public Register at the address above during normal office hours. Send any representation about this application in writing, quoting the name of the applicant and Reference Number NPS/WR/025495 to the Environment Agency, at Permitting Support Centre, Water Resources Team, Quadrant 2, 99 Parkway Avenue, Sheffield, S9 4WF or by email to psc-waterresources@environment-agency.gov.uk by 21st August 2017. For advice about how to make a representation call 03708 506 506.