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Water vole licences

• From: Natural England and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Part of: Wildlife and habitat conservation
• Published: 9 October 2014
• Last updated: 1 January 2016, see all updates

Licences for activities affecting water voles.

Find out how water voles are protected.

Licence to survey or research water voles

1. Survey, research or conservation licences for protected species

   • 4 August 2015
   • Form

Licence to possess or sell water voles

1. Licence to sell animal specimens taken before October 1981

   • 1 January 2017
   • Form

Licence to displace water voles for development works

1. Water voles: licence to displace them for development projects

   • 1 January 2017
   • Form

2. Water voles: licence to displace them for work on flood defences, water courses or drainage systems

   • 1 January 2017
   • Form

Document information

Published: 9 October 2014

Updated: 1 January 2016

+ full page history

1. 1 January 2016 Added licence for displacing water voles for development.
2. 9 October 2014 First published.

From: Natural England Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Part of: Wildlife and habitat conservation