Collection

Water vole licences

Licences for activities affecting water voles.

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

Find out how water voles are protected.

Licence to survey or research water voles

• Protected species licence for science, education or conservation (A29)
  • 28 September 2020
  • Form

Licence to possess or sell water voles

• Licence to sell animal specimens taken before October 1981 (CL07)
  • 1 January 2021
  • Statutory guidance

Licence to displace water voles for development works

• Water voles: licence to displace them for development projects (CL31)
  • 29 January 2021
  • Statutory guidance
• Water voles: licence to displace them for work on flood defences, water courses or drainage systems (CL24)
  • 1 January 2021
  • Statutory guidance

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.