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Find out about eligibility and requirements for the educational access visits item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the livestock and machinery hardcore tracks item.
As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain species of wild birds to conserve wild birds, flora or fauna of conservation concern.
As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain species of wild birds by various means to preserve public health or safety.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the agroforestry plan item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the tree surgery item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the implementation plan item.
When you can get permission or a licence to trap crayfish in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
Information for pest controllers about the rules for using glue traps to catch rodents and how to apply for a licence.
Find out what you must do as a public body when carrying out or approving activities on or near sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs).
How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.
Understand the role of Natural England, local authorities and partnerships when designating or managing AONBs in England.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the stone wall restoration item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the feasibility study item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the hedgerow coppicing item.
Register for a licence to survey barn owls to assess the effect of a development project on them.
What you must do to avoid harming bats and when you’ll need a licence.
Recreational organisations like caravan clubs or the Scouts can apply for an exemption to camp without a licence or planning permission.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the supply and plant tree item.
How to assess a planning application when there are great crested newts on or near a proposed development site.
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