Document Status
Current
Supplement
Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Abstract
Comprises standing advice for protected species. Provides advice for local authorities on assessing planning applications where there are water voles on or near a proposed development site.
History
Last updated: 7 April 2025 - Updated the list of offences to match the relevant legislation in the section on how the species are protected and also added new wording about planning conditions, including the discharge of conditions and issuing of licences the 'Planning and licence conditions' section. Also clarifies and updates the types of habitat, while in the 'assess the effect of development' section, the list of activities that can harm water voles has been updated. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/water-voles-advice-for-making-planning-decisions and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 14 January 2022.
Subjects
- Planning control
- Nature conservation
- Planning and development
- Environmental planning/land
- Natural environment
Publisher History
Natural England is the government's adviser for the natural environment in England, helping to protect the country's nature and landscapes. The information contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.