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Bovine TB: authorisation for supplementary badger control in 2021

Licences and conditions relating to licensed actions on or around protected sites.

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Area 11 - Cheshire licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 12 - Devon licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 13 - Devon licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 14 - Devon licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 15 - Devon licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 16 - Dorset licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 17 - Somerset licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 18 - Somerset licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 19 - Wiltshire licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 20 - Wiltshire licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 21 - Wiltshire licence for supplementary badger control

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Annex B: Provisions relating to licensed actions on or around protected sites in Avon

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Annex B: Provisions relating to licensed actions on or around protected sites in Cheshire

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Annex B: Provisions relating to licensed actions on or around protected sites in Cornwall

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Annex B: Provisions relating to licensed actions on or around protected sites in Devon

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Annex B: Provisions relating to licensed actions on or around protected sites in Dorset

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Annex B: Provisions relating to licensed actions on or around protected sites in Gloucestershire

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Annex B: Provisions relating to licensed actions on or around protected sites in Hampshire

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Annex B: Provisions relating to licensed actions on or around protected sites in Herefordshire

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Annex B: Provisions relating to licensed actions on or around protected sites in Somerset

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Annex B: Provisions relating to licensed actions on or around protected sites in Wiltshire

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Annex B: Provisions relating to licensed actions on or around protected sites in Worcestershire

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Details

Natural England has licensed and authorised 11 new supplementary badger control areas to begin operations in 2021. It has also authorised the licence holders to resume operations in 10 existing supplementary badger control in 2021. Licence holders met all the criteria specified in Defra’s guidance to Natural England, dated August 2020.

Table 1: Supplementary control areas authorised in 2021

1 June is the earliest possible date for the start of operations and is the start of the open season. Specific company start dates may vary within this and will be the decision of the company.

Area number and county Minimum number Maximum number Authorisation date Year of operations
Area 1 - Gloucestershire 125 540 14 May 2021 Year 5
Area 2 - Somerset 109 578 14 May 2021 Year 5
Area 3 - Dorset 163 383 14 May 2021 Year 3
Area 4 - Cornwall 131 380 14 May 2021 Year 2
Area 5 - Cornwall 152 461 14 May 2021 Year 2
Area 6 - Devon 294 1173 14 May 2021 Year 2
Area 7 - Devon 145 455 14 May 2021 Year 2
Area 8 - Dorset 475 1685 14 May 2021 Year 2
Area 9 - Gloucestershire 219 1118 14 May 2021 Year 2
Area 10 - Herefordshire 90 359 14 May 2021 Year 2
Area 11 – Cheshire 122 408 14 May 2021 Year 1
Area 12 - Devon 194 1155 14 May 2021 Year 1
Area 13 - Devon 180 711 14 May 2021 Year 1
Area 14 - Devon 85 425 14 May 2021 Year 1
Area 15 - Devon 157 393 14 May 2021 Year 1
Area 16 – Dorset 427 2057 4 June 2021 Year 1
Area 17 - Somerset 86 723 14 May 2021 Year 1
Area 18 - Somerset 50 302 14 May 2021 Year 1
Area 19 - Wiltshire 292 1274 14 May 2021 Year 1
Area 20 - Wiltshire 154 595 14 May 2021 Year 1
Area 21 - Wiltshire 122 763 14 May 2021 Year 1

The licence holder will decide the start date for control operations within this period. Licence holders carry out operations under a licence which allows badger control to take place in the licensed control area every year between 1 June and 31 January inclusive.

Natural England has confirmed to the licence holders the minimum and maximum numbers of badgers they can remove.

Protected sites listed in the Annex Bs are not necessarily part of any active operations. These can and will only occur on protected sites where the landowner or occupier has granted permission.

The licences only permit badger control to take place outside these closed seasons:

  • controlled shooting – 1 February to 31 May
  • cage-trapping and shooting – 1 December to 31 May

Updates to this page

Published 27 May 2021
Last updated 8 June 2021 + show all updates
  1. Added redacted licence for Area 16 - Dorset.

  2. First published.

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