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Water Abstraction Licensing Strategies

The Environment Agency, under Defra's oversight, is developing a strategic approach to water abstraction licensing through the National Framework for Water Resources 2025. The policy addresses concerns that current regulation is reactive rather than evidence-based, and aims to establish comprehensive, predictable rules for managing water abstraction rights across all users including farms and water companies.

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Consultations 4 Policy and strategy 21 Scrutiny and evidence 2 Implementation 1 Analysis 2

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Closed Consultations 2 Consultation Responses 2 Analysis 1 Policy papers 21 Committee reports and material 2 Guidance 1 Research and briefings 1

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2026 20 2025 3 2022 1 2020 2 2017 3 2013 1

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Environment Agency 27

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Analysis / research (departmental, academic, briefings) 2 Committee scrutiny (Select / Joint / Lords reports) 2 Consultation (this thread's consultation) 2 Operational guidance / first responders / pilot applicants 5 Strategy / programme document (e.g. CAM 2025) 17

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5 Jun 2026 | Guidance Environment Agency linked

Abstraction and impounding activities: assessing licence compliance

In response to: Assessing and scoring environmental permit and licence compliance

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