Environment Agency—North East Region

WATER RESOURCES ACT 1991

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO VARY LICENCES TO ABSTRACT WATER

Take notice that Rolawn (Turf Grovers) Ltd., of Rolawn House, York Road, Elvington, York YO41 4XR, is applying to the Environment Agency to vary Licence Serial No 2/27/28/163 to abstract water from a borehole in the Sherwood Sandstone at National Grid Ref SE 7392 4782 for spray irrigation at Low Farm, Sutton upon Derwent, in the parish of Sutton upon Derwent, within the Unitary Authority of the East Riding of Yorkshire.
The variations being applied for are:

(1) To increase the rates of abstraction from 48 to 120 cubic metres per hour, 1,028 to 2,600 cubic metres per day and 43,600 to 129,600 cubic metres per year.
(2) To aggregate the annual quantity with Licence Serial No 2/27/28/171. As a result there will be no overall increase in the annual quantity authorised to be abstracted.

A copy of the application and any maps, plans and other documents submitted with it may be inspected, free of charge, at all reasonable hours at Rolawn House, Elvington, York, between 7 March 2003 and 11 April 2003.
Any person who wishes to make representations about the application should do so in writing to the Environment Agency, Licensing Section, Coverdale House, Aviator Court, Clifton Moor, York YO30 4GZ, before the end of the said period.
G. H. Saul Consulting Engineers
Rolawn (Turf Growers) Ltd.
3 March 2003.