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Bovine TB: authorisation for supplementary badger control in 2023

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

Applies to England

Documents

Area 33 - Avon licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 34 - Cheshire licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 35 - Cornwall licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 36 - Staffordshire licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 37 - Devon licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 38 - Devon licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 39 - Dorset licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 40 - Herefordshire licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 41 - Staffordshire licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 42 - Wiltshire licence for supplementary badger control

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Area 43 - 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 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 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 11 new supplementary badger control areas to begin operations in 2023. It has also authorised the licence holders to resume operations in 18 existing supplementary badger control areas in 2023. Licence holders met all the criteria specified in Defra’s guidance to Natural England, dated May 2021.

Table 1: Supplementary control areas authorised in 2023

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 3 - Dorset 163 383 16 May 2023 Year 5
Area 4 - Cornwall 131 380 16 May 2023 Year 4
Area 5 - Cornwall 152 461 16 May 2023 Year 4
Area 6 - Devon 294 1173 16 May 2023 Year 4
Area 7 - Devon 145 455 16 May 2023 Year 4
Area 8 - Dorset 475 1685 16 May 2023 Year 4
Area 9 - Gloucestershire 219 1118 16 May 2023 Year 4
Area 10 - Herefordshire 90 359 16 May 2023 Year 4
Area 22 – Cornwall 448 1948 16 May 2023 Year 2
Area 23 – Devon 146 1465 16 May 2023 Year 2
Area 24 - Devon 114 421 16 May 2023 Year 2
Area 25 - Devon 39 534 16 May 2023 Year 2
Area 26 - Devon 55 569 16 May 2023 Year 2
Area 27 - Devon 36 154 16 May 2023 Year 2
Area 28 - Devon 36 302 16 May 2023 Year 2
Area 29 - Gloucestershire 172 878 16 May 2023 Year 2
Area 30 - Somerset 230 1795 1 June 2023 Year 2
Area 31 - Staffordshire 373 2492 16 May 2023 Year 2
Area 33 – Avon 74 707 16 May 2023 Year 1
Area 34 – Cheshire 98 938 16 May 2023 Year 1
Area 35 – Cornwall 263 1897 16 May 2023 Year 1
Area 36 – Staffordshire 100 648 16 May 2023 Year 1
Area 37 – Devon 193 985 16 May 2023 Year 1
Area 38 – Devon 173 1316 16 May 2023 Year 1
Area 39 – Dorset 51 484 16 May 2023 Year 1
Area 40 – Herefordshire 281 1253 16 May 2023 Year 1
Area 41 – Staffordshire 351 809 16 May 2023 Year 1
Area 42 - Wiltshire 19 2550 16 May 2023 Year 1
Area 43 - Wiltshire 64 1005 16 May 2023 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

Updates to this page

Published 7 June 2023

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