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  • Great crested newts: protection and licences

    What you must do to avoid harming great crested newts and when you’ll need a licence.

    • From: Natural England
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  • Removing and disposing of dead wild birds

    How to dispose of dead wild birds or ask for them to be removed.

    • From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
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  • How to stop invasive non-native plants from spreading

    How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 2 others
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  • Invasive non-native (alien) plant species: rules in England and Wales

    What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.

    • From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
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  • Statutory biodiversity credits

    Information for developers and local planning authorities explaining statutory biodiversity credits, and the process of buying them.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Great crested newts: district level licensing schemes for developers and ecologists

    Apply to join a district level licensing scheme to develop land that may affect great crested newts and supply any survey data you collect.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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  • Register a biodiversity gain site

    Find out what to do and how much it costs to register a biodiversity gain site.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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  • Badgers: protection and licences

    What you must do to avoid harming badgers and when you’ll need a licence.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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  • Enter a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain

    How land managers, developers, local planning authorities and responsible bodies can enter into a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Make off-site biodiversity gains as a developer

    How developers can create and enhance habitat off-site or buy biodiversity units to achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Wild birds: licence to kill or take for public health or safety (GL41)

    As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain wild birds to preserve public health or safety.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Keeping wild birds or animals

    Find out what you need to do to keep wild birds or animals legally and safely, including when you need a licence and how to get one.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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  • Make on-site biodiversity gains as a developer

    How developers can create and enhance habitat on-site to deliver biodiversity net gain (BNG).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Bats: protection and licences

    What you must do to avoid harming bats and when you’ll need a licence.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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  • Creating a habitat management and monitoring plan for BNG

    What to include in a habitat management and monitoring plan (HMMP) to improve biodiversity for the long term.  

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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  • Stop ragwort and other harmful weeds from spreading

    How to stop harmful weeds spreading onto land used for grazing livestock or growing crops, how to dispose of them and how to report them if they’ve spread.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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  • Bats: advice for making planning decisions

    How to assess a planning application when there are bats on or near a proposed development site.

    • From: Natural England
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  • Great crested newts: advice for making planning decisions

    How to assess a planning application when there are great crested newts on or near a proposed development site.

    • From: Natural England
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  • Search the biodiversity gain sites register

    Get information about biodiversity gain sites and any off-site gains allocated to developments.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Irreplaceable habitats

    How biodiversity net gain (BNG) applies to irreplaceable habitats.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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