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Form: Bats: apply for a mitigation licence (A13)

Natural England

September 18
15:13 2024

You need a mitigation licence if your work will have an impact on bats that would otherwise be illegal, such as:

  • capturing, killing, disturbing or injuring them (on purpose or by not taking enough care)
  • damaging or destroying their breeding or resting places (even accidentally)
  • obstructing access to their resting or sheltering places (on purpose or by not taking enough care)

Find out how bats are protected.

Updates to this page

Published 6 October 2014
Last updated 18 September 2024 +show all updates
  1. We've updated the application form for a bat mitigation licence (A13). Minor updates have been made to Sections 4, 5, 9 and 14, including revised wording for accuracy and an additional question for applications that include phased developments.

  2. Updated the licence application form (A13) to be clearer and more accessible. Added the option for the applicant to be a company or organisation.Updated guidance for completing the licence application form.Added a glossary of terms.

  3. Updated the licence application form and method statement to reflect that they now cover derogations under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended).

  4. We've replaced the application form and removed the charge screening form as this has now been incorporated into the application form.

  5. We've replaced the application form for a bat mitigation licence (A13), the method statement, the work schedule and the licence modification request form.

  6. We've replaced the mitigation licence application form (A13).

  7. We've updated the application form for a bat mitigation licence (A13).

  8. In your application, you must include a certificate that proves the roofing membrane has passed a snagging propensity test if youre using a non-bitumen coated roofing membrane.

  9. We've updated the application form for a bat mitigation licence (A13).

  10. Added a section on how to use European protected species (EPS) policies to benefit EPS as part of your mitigation licence application.

  11. Replaced the licence modification request form with revised version.

  12. Replaced the method statement with a revised version.

  13. Replaced the 2 existing charge screening forms (for new applications and for modifications) with a single form that covers both requests.

  14. Added charge screening form for modifications to a licence. Updated licence modification request form.

  15. Added section on 'When you may need to pay', charge screening form and updated application and modification request forms.

  16. Method statement template for bats mitigation licence document replaced with updated version.

  17. Form A13-a and A13-b are now combined into one form: A13.

  18. Added licence application and modification checklists to Detail section.

  19. Replaced bat application forms A13-1a and A13-1b with revised versions.

  20. Added updated version of the application form.

  21. First published.

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