Owen Renewables Ltd - application for full licence to abstract water

Water Resources Act 1991 (as amended by the Water Act 2003)

Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Section 37 of the Water Resources Act 1991 and Regulation 6 of the Water Resources (Abstraction and Impounding) Regulations 2006 that an application has been made to Natural Resources Wales by Owen Renewables Ltd for a full licence to abstract water from the Afon Gwynant at National Grid Reference SH 67964 16962 at Coed y Gribin, Dolgellau, LL40 1TS. The proposal is to abstract water at the following rates and periods for use in hydroelectric power production: 3,960 cubic metres an hour, 95,040 cubic metres a day and 34,689,600 cubic metres a year, all year.

Application is also being made for a licence to obstruct or impede the flow of the Afon Gwynant at the above location. The impoundment licence is to permit changes to an historic weir to control the abstraction and fish bypass.

You can see the application documents free of charge, from our online public register. Or you can request a copy of the information from us. This may take time to process and there could be a charge.

If you wish to request a copy of the application or comment on it, you must do so in writing, quoting the name of the applicant and reference numbers PAN-031893 and PAN-031894 to:

Natural Resources Wales
Permitting Service
Welsh Government Offices
Cathays Park
King Edward VII Avenue
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ

Or by email to permittingconsultations@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk by 19 August 2026.

For further information please see the consultations section of our website or call our Customer Care Centre 0300 0653000 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm).