Collection
Water vole licences
Licences for activities affecting water voles.
Find out how water voles are protected.
Licences to take, disturb or damage and destroy burrows
The 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
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Added strategic licence.
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Link changed to direct applicants to the new water vole mitigation licence information.
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Added licence for displacing water voles for development.
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First published.