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Bovine TB: authorisation for supplementary badger control in 2022

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

Applies to England

Documents

Area 22 - Cornwall licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 23 - Devon licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 24 - Devon licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 25 - Devon licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 26 - Devon licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 27 - Devon licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 28 - Devon licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 29 - Gloucestershire licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 30 - Somerset licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 31 - Staffordshire 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, Greater Manchester and Merseyside

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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 Shropshire

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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 Staffordshire and West Midlands

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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 10 new supplementary badger control areas to begin operations in 2022. It has also authorised the licence holders to resume operations in 19 existing supplementary badger control areas in 2022. Licence holders met all the criteria specified in Defra’s guidance to Natural England, dated May 2021.

Table 1: Supplementary control areas authorised in 2022

1 June is the earliest possible date for the start of operations and is the start of the open season.

Area number and county Minimum number Maximum number Authorisation date Year of operations
Area 3 - Dorset 163 383 16 May 2022 Year 4
Area 4 - Cornwall 131 380 16 May 2022 Year 3
Area 5 - Cornwall 152 461 16 May 2022 Year 3
Area 6 - Devon 294 1173 16 May 2022 Year 3
Area 7 - Devon 145 455 16 May 2022 Year 3
Area 8 - Dorset 475 1685 16 May 2022 Year 3
Area 9 - Gloucestershire 219 1118 16 May 2022 Year 3
Area 10 - Herefordshire 90 359 16 May 2022 Year 3
Area 11 – Cheshire 122 408 16 May 2022 Year 2
Area 12 - Devon 194 1155 16 May 2022 Year 2
Area 13 - Devon 180 711 16 May 2022 Year 2
Area 14 - Devon 85 425 16 May 2022 Year 2
Area 15 - Devon 157 393 16 May 2022 Year 2
Area 16 - Dorset 427 2057 16 May 2022 Year 2
Area 17 - Somerset 86 723 16 May 2022 Year 2
Area 18 - Somerset 50 302 16 May 2022 Year 2
Area 19 - Wiltshire 284 1238 16 May 2022 Year 2
Area 20 - Wiltshire 154 595 16 May 2022 Year 2
Area 21 - Wiltshire 122 763 16 May 2022 Year 2
Area 22 – Cornwall 448 1948 16 May 2022 Year 1
Area 23 – Devon 146 1465 16 May 2022 Year 1
Area 24 – Devon 114 421 16 May 2022 Year 1
Area 25 - Devon 39 534 16 May 2022 Year 1
Area 26 - Devon 55 569 16 May 2022 Year 1
Area 27 - Devon 36 154 16 May 2022 Year 1
Area 28 - Devon 36 302 16 May 2022 Year 1
Area 29 - Gloucestershire 172 878 16 May 2022 Year 1
Area 30 - Somerset 230 1795 16 May 2022 Year 1
Area 31 - Staffordshire 373 2492 16 May 2022 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 25 May 2022

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