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Water vole licences

Licences for activities affecting water voles.

Licences to take, disturb or damage and destroy burrows

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp strategic licence is being trialled in limited areas.

Licences to displace water voles

Licence to possess or sell water voles

Licence to survey or research water voles

Updates to this page

Published 9 October 2014
Last updated 16 June 2025 show all updates
  1. Added strategic licence.

  2. Link changed to direct applicants to the new water vole mitigation licence information.

  3. Added licence for displacing water voles for development.

  4. First published.