Badgers: protection and licences. Badgers and their setts (tunnels and chambers where they live) are protected by law. You may be able to get a licence from Natural England if you can’t avoid disturbing badgers in their sett or damaging their sett. What you must not do You could be sent to prison for up
Standing advice for local planning authorities who need to assess the impacts of development on badgers. Survey reports and mitigation plans are required for development projects that could affect protected species, as part of getting planning permission or a development licence. Surveys need to show whether protected species are present in the area or nearby, and
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