Rsts Peel - , Mill Race - Pipe Crossings

Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture

Rheynn Chymmyltaght, Bee as Eirinys

Application for Consent to Remove Material from a Riverbed

Under Section 18 of the Fisheries Act 2012, consent must be obtained from DEFA prior to removing material from the bed of any river. River in this instance is defined as ‘any natural or artificial channel through which water flows and includes a tributary or stream’. Material includes gravels, cobbles, boulders and soft sediment such as silt but does not include vegetation removed for the purpose of routine drainage management.

Details of Applicant

Name: ………………………………………………….. Address: ……………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Tel. no: …………………………………………………. Email: …………………………………………………………

Aaron Carey Ballasalla Farm, Jurby West, im7 3AS

07624 376395 [email protected]

Details of Landowner (if different from above)

Name: ………………………………………………….. Address: ……………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Tel. no: …………………………………………………. Email: …………………………………………………………

DOI / GOV Sea Terminal

07624-263941 mathew.ripley@gov,im

Proposed Extraction Site

Name of Watercourse (if known): …………………………………………………………………………………. Ordnance Survey Grid Reference (e.g. SC 295 845): ……………………………………………………….. Peel, Mill Race 54.217337, -4.700629 / 54.214603, -4.699442

What type of material do you wish to remove? (circle all that apply) Boulders Cobbles/pebbles Gravel Sand/Silt/Clay Why do you wish to remove the material?

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PCS will be excavating 900mm below the Mill race bed and installing 200m ducts in 2 locations, the area of works will be backfilled with as dug material and reinstated back to existing. (RAMS will be issued to DEFA & FRM before constructrion works commences on site)

How do you propose to remove the material? (if using machinery, please include whether this would need to enter the river channel) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… All works will be carried out using an 14t excavator, no machinery will enter the water course.

Please give details of when you wish to remove the material and how long it will take (during October to June (inc) consent is unlikely to be granted for extraction of material from rivers with a mostly stony substrate due to the sensitivity of fish eggs and fry to such disturbance)

Applicant’s Signature: …………………………………………………… Date………………………………… Please return this completed form to: Inland Fisheries Development Manager, Fisheries Directorate, Thie Slieau Whallian, Foxdale Road, St Johns, IM4 3AS or by email to [email protected] For telephone enquiries call: 685857

24/01/2025