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The developer carried out the damaging work despite the presence of the protected creatures having been noted the year before.

Housebuilder hit with record £600,000 wildlife fine for destroying single bat roost The company bulldozed a building in Woolwich, London, without removing the bat roost first 11 December 2020 • 4:08pm A pipistrelle bat. The £600,000 fine dwarfs the previous record for disturbing a bat roost, of £18,820, given in 2019.    Credit: PA Destroying the home of a single bat has landed a housing company with a £600,000 fine, the largest ever for a wildlife crime. Bellway Homes bulldozed a forme...

3 months old This article is more than 3 months old Court hands firm largest ever wildlife crime fine after it admits demolishing site in Woolwich A soprano pipistrelle bat. Bellway had been told it would need a licence for the work. Photograph: WildPictures/Alamy A soprano pipistrelle bat. Bellway had been told it would need a licence for the work. Photograph: WildPictures/Alamy PAMedia Fri 11 Dec 2020 10.18 EST First published on Fri 11 Dec 2020 08.12 EST A building firm that carried out dem...

A developer that carried out demolition work at a Greenwich site known to be inhabited by bats has been handed a £600,000 fine, the largest ever issued by a court for a wildlife crime, according to police. Bellway Homes admitted damaging or destroying a breeding site or resting place in Artillery Place, Greenwich, in 2018, where soprano pipistrelle bats had been documented the previous year. All species of the animal within the UK are protected and the company was fined £600,000 and o...