Cornwall Environmental Consultants (CEC) Ltd

Five Acres

Allet

Truro

TR4 9DJ

Email: bats@cecenvironment.co.uk

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A European Protected Species Licence is a licence issued by Natural England to enable you to legally temporarily disturb a bat roost whilst undertaking works to your property.

This will include extensive survey effort undertaken by a licensed bat ecologist, liaison with Natural England, liaison with your planning officer, builder and architect.

It is not always necessary to obtain an EPSL should we discover bats/evidence of bats in your property - it entirely depends on the nature of works, the species of bat found and how the bats are using your property i.e. a nursery roost is deemed much more significant for the conservation of bats than say a feeding roost.

If you would like more information about European Protected Species Licences for bats please visit http://www.bats.org.uk/pages/bats_and_the_law.html