Water Resources Decision Statement for an application for a water abstraction licence at Gore Quarry, Walton, Presteigne, Powys

Application number: PAN-023639  

Licence number: WA/055/0008/0006  

NRW Region: Mid 

Date of Application: 25/10/2023 

Applicant details: Tarmac Trading Limited, Ground Floor, T3 Trinity Park, Bickenhill Lane, Birmingham, B37 7ES

Summary of the proposal: The applicant, Tarmac Trading Limited, has applied for a new full abstraction licence to regulate a consumptive groundwater abstraction from an existing borehole at National Grid Reference (NGR) SO 25669 59311 for the purposes of wheel washing and dust suppression at the Gore Quarry, Walton, Presteigne, Powys. 

Source of Supply: Underground strata comprising of Strinds Formation (sandstone).  

Point of abstraction and quantities: At NGR SO 25669 59311. 3.5 litres per second (l/s), 12.5 cubic metres per hour (m3/hour), 100 cubic metres per day (m3/day), 19,244 cubic metres per year (m3/year). 

Means of abstraction: A borehole not exceeding 10.93 metres in depth and 800 millimetres in diameter with a submersible pump. 

Purpose of abstraction: Wheel washing and dust suppression. 

Abstraction period: All year. 

Element withdrawn during determination: A non-consumptive abstraction for the purpose of dewatering Gore quarry, within the area formed by straight lines running between the following NGR’s: SO 25829 59297, SO 25244 58700, SO 24986 58718, SO 25454 59341, SO 25672 59400, SO 25261 59083, SO 25111 58927, SO 25019 58674, SO 25111 58664, SO 25579 58910, SO 25610 59036 and SO 25791 59158. Dewatering would be required when the water table is intercepted, estimated to be at 234 metres above ordnance datum (mAOD). Water was proposed to be returned to the Riddings Brook at NGR SO 25900 59430 under a water discharge permit, reference AW40019022. Proposed abstraction quantities: 175 l/s, 633 m3/hour, 5,698 m3/day, 1,310,534 m3/year.