Correspondence

Bovine TB: authorisation for supplementary badger control in 2024

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

• From: Natural England
• Published: 16 October 2024

Applies to England

Documents

Area 45 - Derbyshire licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 46 - Gloucestershire licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 47 - Herefordshire licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 48 - Leicestershire licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 49 - Oxfordshire licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 50 - Shropshire licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 51 - Somerset licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 52 - Warwickshire licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 53 - 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 Berkshire and West Berkshire

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

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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 Greater Manchester

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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 Leicestershire

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

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

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

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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

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

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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 9 new supplementary badger control areas to begin operations in 2024. It has also authorised the licence holders to resume operations in 17 existing supplementary badger control areas in 2024. Licence holders met all the criteria specified in Defra’s guidance to Natural England, dated May 2021.

Table 1: Supplementary control areas authorised in 2024

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 4 - Cornwall	131	380	16 May 2024	Year 5
Area 5 - Cornwall	152	461	16 May 2024	Year 5
Area 6 - Devon	294	1173	16 May 2024	Year 5
Area 7 - Devon	145	455	16 May 2024	Year 5
Area 8 - Dorset	475	1685	16 May 2024	Year 5
Area 9 - Gloucestershire	219	1118	16 May 2024	Year 5
Area 33 – Avon	74	707	16 May 2024	Year 2
Area 34 – Cheshire	117	1124	16 May 2024	Year 2
Area 35 – Cornwall	263	1897	16 May 2024	Year 2
Area 36 – Staffordshire	100	648	16 May 2024	Year 2
Area 37 – Devon	193	985	16 May 2024	Year 2
Area 38 – Devon	173	1316	16 May 2024	Year 2
Area 39 – Dorset	51	484	16 May 2024	Year 2
Area 40 – Herefordshire	281	1253	16 May 2024	Year 2
Area 41 – Staffordshire	351	809	16 May 2024	Year 2
Area 42 - Wiltshire	19	2550	16 May 2024	Year 2
Area 43 - Wiltshire	64	1005	16 May 2024	Year 2
Area 45 – Derbyshire	425	1675	16 May 2024	Year 1
Area 46 – Gloucestershire	54	284	16 May 2024	Year 1
Area 47 – Herefordshire	284	1236	16 May 2024	Year 1
Area 48 – Leicestershire	82	432	16 May 2024	Year 1
Area 49 – Oxfordshire	128	621	16 May 2024	Year 1
Area 50 – Shropshire	256	2382	16 May 2024	Year 1
Area 51 – Somerset	56	1746	16 May 2024	Year 1
Area 52 - Warwickshire	200	1044	16 May 2024	Year 1
Area 53 – Wiltshire	64	329	16 May 2024	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

Published 16 October 2024