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Statutory guidance: Water voles: licence to displace them for development projects (CL31)

Natural England

August 24
15:47 2022

Register for a licence to displace water voles for development projects

Monitoring form for CL31 licences

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Records and reporting template for CL31 licences (form LR31)

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You must have a licence to displace water voles for development.

This licence allows you to intentionally damage or destroy water vole burrows or displace water voles for development projects. This includes:

  • cutting vegetation back to bare earth in the spring
  • carrying out a destructive search of water vole burrows to displace them from their burrows after removing vegetation
  • destroying water vole burrows after a destructive search

Intentionally disturbing water voles by displacement is a method of reducing harm to them where development is to take place. Read the guidance document on this page for more details.

You can only use this licence for a development if your actions will result in a conservation benefit for water voles.

You should apply for an individual licence if you cannot follow the terms and conditions of this licence.

Register to use this licence

You must register with Natural England before you can use this licence.

You can only use this licence if youre an:

  • ecological consultant registered to use it - the registered person
  • accredited agent of the registered person
  • assistant working under the direct supervision of the registered person or accre

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