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Work on new homes avoids making rare bats homeless

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July 11, 2025

Roost uncovered next to bus station, reports Alison Stephenson

Work on new homes avoids making rare bats homeless

A PROPERTY revamp to provide temporary homes in Tavistock had to be put on hold on ecology grounds due to a bat colony.

When work began on converting West Devon Borough Council's building of former offices at 20 Plymouth Road into three flats, workers stumbled across a colony of lesser horseshoe bats living beneath the floorboards.

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