Shottisham Hall Farm Alderton Road Shottisham Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 3EP
A balanced cut and fill earth moving operation, the underlying London Clay is to be engineered into a water proof lining to form an irrigation reservoir. An embankment is required along the south, west and northern margins. No material will be brought onto site or removed from site.Why necessary for agriculture: Irrigation is required during late spring and summer months for establishment and growing of vegitable crops to a marketable yield, size and certain quality specifications. Given the sandy soil in this part of Suffolk and the variability of rainfall during the growing season the ability to apply water is completely essential to full fill the yield and quality requirements. Abstraction licence to fill reservoir Ref. 7/35/10/*s/0135/R01. Why designed for agriculture: The new reservoir is sited adjacent to the existing infrastructure that connects all the fields with water. A small summer abstraction license exists however this is insufficient for cropping plans.