Apply for a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of controlling foxes to protect released game and wildlife

This application form is for a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of controlling foxes to protect wildlife.

Interference is defined by section 3 of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 and includes disturbing badgers when occupying a sett, damaging or destroying a badger sett and obstructing any entrance to a sett.

All questions in this application form must be completed in detail unless otherwise stated: failure to provide adequate information will delay the processing of your application. Any further information you wish to provide should be appended on additional sheets. We aim to determine applications within 40 working days of receipt of all the information requested. We cannot guarantee an earlier response.

It is a condition of any licence issued that a report of the work carried out under licence is submitted within four weeks of the expiry of the licence. The Licence Report Form can be found on our website. Failure to do so may constitute an offence. Information from these reports is required to provide summary information to NRW and others on the number of licences issued the purpose of the licence and which species are covered. None of these summary statistics includes personal information about licensees. The information may also be used for conservation purposes and shared with other organisations.

Please note that we will not process your application until we have received all the requested documentation.

The information provided by you will be processed by Natural Resources Wales under the General Data Protection Regulation. This will enable us to process your application; to monitor compliance with any permit conditions and to process renewals.

We will use the information you provide in connection with the following:

Consultation with third parties who are relevant and responsible for responding to consultation requests from NRW to enable us to process your application
Carrying out statistical analysis, research and development on environmental issues
Preventing and investigating possible breaches of environmental law and taking any resulting action

Responding to requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004

Note that the above is not an exhaustive list and NRW may use the data provided in connection with the application in other ways, as considered appropriate.

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This application must be supported by a Method Statement.

The Method Statement must include contingency plans if any species are found on-site whilst works is underway.

We aim to send an acknowledgement of receipt of your application within 5 working days.

NRW aims to determine applications within 40 working days from date of receipt of a completed application form and the required associated information. Please refer to the checklist at the end of this form for further guidance. If we require further information from you during the determination period, for whatever reason, this will delay the determination period.

All correspondence sent to you from NRW will be via e-mail. If an e-mail address has not been provided, we will contact you in writing through the post. Please note that this may delay your application due to postal delivery times.

Any information included in the application which the Proposed Lead Licensee considers to be confidential for commercial reasons or affecting the Proposed Lead Licensee’s intellectual property rights must be clearly marked as such.