Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 26 November 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many abstraction licences were refused in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012 to date by the general reason for that refusal.
The following table shows the number of licences refused in each year and the general reason for refusal:
Reason for refusal | Number refused | |
2010 | Applied for wrong licence | 1 |
No rights of access | 3 | |
Two applications received on one weir, alternative scheme licensed | 3 | |
No reasonable justification of need for water | 1 | |
Adverse environmental impact to protected sites and impacts to other existing licence holders | 1 | |
Catchment over abstracted therefore licence refused as would cause adverse environmental impact | 2 | |
Total for 2010 | 11 | |
2011 | No reasonable justification of need for water | 1 |
Catchment over abstracted therefore licence refused as would cause adverse environmental impact | 1 | |
Application for amount of water in excess of that permitted by the Hydro-Electric Power Good Practice Guidelines without justification | 2 | |
Licence not required, activity permitted by an existing licence | 1 | |
To licence would have caused adverse environmental impact | 1 | |
Adverse environmental impact and impacts to other existing licence holders | 1 | |
Total for 2011 | 7 | |
2012 | No rights of access | 6 |
Adverse environmental impact to protected sites | 3 | |
Total for 2012 | 9 | |
Total for period 2010-12 | 27 |
Of the 27 listed above, six have been appealed or been subject to judicial review, as shown in the following table:
Outcome | Total | |
2010 | Appealed, unsuccessful | 1 |
Appealed, re-determined and issued | 1 | |
Judicially Reviewed, issued licence quashed and both applications being re-determined | 2 | |
Total for 2010 | 4 | |
2011 | Appealed, re-negotiated and issued | 2 |
Total for 2010-11 | 6 |
Yes1 person thinks so
No0 people think not
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