Badger surveys will cover the site and the surrounding 30m where accessible, in order to confirm the presence or absence of badger setts and the potential for badgers to use the site for foraging, ranging and sett creation.

Where badger setts are confirmed within or adjacent to the site, further sett monitoring may be required, for up to 28 days, in order to determine the activity level of the sett and confirm recommendations for mitigation.

A badger survey can be undertaken at any time of year.