Collection

Water vole licences

Licences for activities affecting water voles.

Published 9 October 2014
Last updated 1 January 2016 — see all updates

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

Find out how water voles are protected.

Licence to survey or research water voles

1. Protected species licences for survey, research or conservation work (A29 and A30)
   • 4 August 2015
   • Form

Licence to possess or sell water voles

1. Licence to sell animal specimens taken before October 1981
   • 1 January 2018
   • Form

Licence to displace water voles for development works

1. Water voles: licence to displace them for development projects (CL31)
   • 1 January 2018
   • Form
2. Water voles: licence to displace them for work on flood defences, water courses or drainage systems (CL24)
   • 1 January 2018
   • Form

Published 9 October 2014
Last updated 1 January 2016 + show all updates

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