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Badger licences

Licences for activities affecting badgers, a protected species.

• From: Natural England and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 13 October 2014
• Last updated: 18 March 2020 — See all updates

Find out how badgers are protected.

Badgers: licence to interfere with setts (dens)

• Badgers: licence for the Forestry Commission to interfere with setts for forestry operations (CL26)
  • 1 January 2025
  • Statutory guidance
• Badgers: licence for internal drainage boards to interfere with setts for drainage operations (CL27)
  • 1 January 2025
  • Statutory guidance
• Badgers: licence to interfere with setts (CL35)
  • 1 April 2025
  • Form
• Badgers: licence to interfere with setts for development purposes (A24 and LR24)
  • 1 April 2025
  • Form
• Badgers: licence to interfere with setts and to prevent damage (A01 and LR01)
  • 30 March 2022
  • Form
• Badgers: licence to interfere with setts in relation to scheduled monuments (A26 and LR26)
  • 7 June 2022
  • Form

Badgers: survey or research licence

• Badgers: survey or research licence (A25)
  • 21 September 2021
  • Form
• Badgers: report action taken under a survey or research licence
  • 1 April 2022
  • Form

Published 13 October 2014

Last updated 18 March 2020 + show all updates

1. 18 March 2020

   Added new licence - Bovine TB control: licence to take and mark badgers for vaccination

2. 13 October 2014

   First published.