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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.
Read the guidance to help you make your claim for payment using the Rural Payments service or a claim form.
What you must do to avoid harming badgers and when you’ll need a licence.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the roofing (sprayer washdown area, manure storage area, livestock gathering area, slurry stores, silage stores) item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the management of species-rich grassland option.
How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the cross drains item.
Use a general licence for activities that carry a low risk to the conservation or welfare of a protected species.
What you must do to avoid harming great crested newts and when you’ll need a licence.
Natural England recognises that a number of problems with gulls in urban areas have been highlighted in recent weeks.
Legislation will improve air and water quality, tackle waste, increase recycling, halt the decline of species, and improve our natural environment.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the stone wall restoration item.
Apply to control wild birds for air safety, conservation, public health and safety or to prevent disease or agricultural damage.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the educational access option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the two year sown legume fallow option.
Find out what to do and how much it costs to register a biodiversity gain site.
As a local highway authority (usually a county council or national park authority) you have statutory duties to record and keep public rights of way open.
Apply to join a district level licensing scheme to develop land that may affect great crested newts and supply any survey data you collect.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the nectar flower mix option.
How land managers can combine biodiversity units and nutrient credits, and sell them alongside other environmental payments.
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