Policy paper
North Devon abstraction licensing strategy
The Environment Agency鈥檚 approach to managing new and existing abstraction and impoundment within the North Devon area.
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This abstraction licensing strategy is for the North Devon area in the South West river basin district.
Our approach ensures that we:
- 尘别别迟听river basin management plan聽objectives for water resources activities
- avoid deterioration within the catchment
Our guidance on聽managing water abstraction聽gives the technical explanation, legal and policy requirements behind the strategy.
Please see our guidance if you need to:
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Published 19 December 2012
Last updated 28 January 2025
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Updated the abstraction licensing strategy so it contains the latest data and guidance. Also changed the publishing format from PDF to webpage (HTML).
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First published.