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How to assess a planning application when there are protected plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to survey barn owls to assess the effect of a development project on them.
Register for a licence to modify or remove Eurasian beaver dams or damaged burrows outside their breeding season.
Find out when you must consult Natural England or the Environment Agency if you're preparing plans or considering development proposals.
As a member of the public, owner or occupier of coastal access land, find out how you can comment or object on new access proposals.
Use this licence to take shrews to ring or mark them, or for scientific or educational purposes.
How to host educational access visits safely and within the terms of your Higher Level Stewardship agreement.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the countryside educational access visits accreditation item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the restoration of lowland wood pasture and parkland option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the lined biobed plus pesticide loading and washdown area item.
A list of species or subspecies from the EC Habitats Directive.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the the organic conversion (rotational land) option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the upland livestock exclusion supplement.
How to join or contact a Local Access Forum in England.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the cattle grid item.
Get a general licence to remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs from wild birds' nests between 1 September and 31 January.
Find out which NNRs are located in this part of England.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the restoration of large water bodies item.
Find out what landscape character assessments are and how they can be used.
Find out how to use nets or traps to catch birds in food premises and safely release them within the terms of your licence.
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