Badger Mitigation and Licensing at Kings Square Development in Taunton, Somerset
jh ecology carried out baseline ecological survey on behalf of Kings College and Kier Living to identify potential ecological constraints to a residential development on this former school site. jh ecology identified an active badger sett on the site that would be impacted by construction activities. We applied for a development licence to Natural England, and once approved we temporarily closed a sett entrance (not connected to the other sett entrances) using a one-way badger gate. Once groundworks in the area of the sett were completed, badgers were allowed to re-colonise the sett entrance.