Consultation outcome

Wildlife licensing: comment on a new licence to move water voles for development purposes

• From: Natural England
• Published: 31 August 2015
• Last updated: 21 January 2016 — See all updates

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Business engagement assessment: impact of the licence on businesses

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Detail of outcome

Natural England has reviewed the responses to this consultation. See the business engagement assessment (attached above) for full details of the outcome.

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Original consultation

Summary

Natural England is seeking views on the proposal to issue a new class licence to permanently move water voles for development purposes (licence CL31).

This consultation ran from
9am on 31 August 2015 to 5pm on 20 November 2015

Consultation description

Water voles and their burrows are protected by the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 (as amended), which means they need to be kept safe from harm or injury where development is allowed to take place.

Natural England proposes a new class licence for ecological consultants to allow the movement of water voles from locations in England where legal development activities could disturb, injure or kill them or damage their burrows.

Under the new licence ecological consultants can continue with best practice management whilst reducing the risk of prosecution.

Documents

New class licence: to permanently move water voles for development purposes (draft licence CL31)

PDF, 688 KB, 5 pages

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Business engagement assessment: possible impact of the licence on businesses

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Published 31 August 2015
Last updated 21 January 2016 + show all updates

1. 21 January 2016

   Published outcome.

2. 31 August 2015

   First published.