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Find out about eligibility and requirements for the educational access visits item.
Use this service to estimate the cost of statutory biodiversity credits for a development.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the feasibility study item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the supply and plant tree item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the woodland management plan item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the agroforestry plan item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the tree surgery item.
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.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the roofing (sprayer washdown area, manure storage area, livestock gathering area, slurry stores, silage stores) item.
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 implementation plan item.
Register for a licence to survey great crested newts for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects.
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.
Register for a licence to survey bats using your hand, artificial light, endoscopes and hand-held nets for scientific, research or educational purposes, including for commissioned surveys in relation to proposed developments.
Information for pest controllers about the rules for using glue traps to catch rodents and how to apply for a licence.
How to know if land is common land, commoner and landowner rights over the land, and the groups you can set up to manage it.
Find out about Natural England's work to improve coastal access.
What you must do to avoid harming great crested newts and when you’ll need a licence.
Information for developers on how to avoid harming protected areas and species during development work.
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